LAW QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3556, 9 May 1922, Page 39

LAW QUERIES.

[Answered by a solicitor of the Supreme Cooif •f New Zealand. Letters and Telegrams must bt addressed to “LEX,” c/o Editor, Otago Witness Dunedin.] Reader asks: (1) There is a barbed wire fence between my own place and the neighbouring property. Am I entitled to plant a live hedge on my eide of the fence without obtaining the permission of my neighbour ? (2) Am I entitled! to put manuka scrub along the fence on my side without obtaining the permission of my neighbour? Answers: (1) No. (2) Yes. Anxious asks: Has a schoolmaster any power over his pupils after school hours when on their way to or from school ? Answer: Punishment may be inflicted by a teacher upon scholars for offences committed not only within the school precincts, but also on the way to or from school. Betty asks: (1) If a person holding £3OO in a bank is charged income tax. (2) W'hat is the smallest amount income tax is levied on ? Answers: (1) No. (2) Incomes of persons resident in New Zealand up to the sum of £3OO are exempt from income tax. Subscriber. — (1) The father is under no legal liability in the matter unless he has guaranteed the amount. (2) The bankrupt is entitled to a discharge provided that the bankrupt complies with the provisions of “The Bankruptcy Act.” Open Drain.—-(1) If your title to the land is subject to a drainage easement, you have no remedy in the matter. (2) If the council has a drainage easement over the proyou are bound by the terms and conditions of the easement. Picture. The age is now fifteen years. Canterburyan. —You have a legal remedy under “The Family Protection Act,” and should instruct your solicitor to take the necessary proceedings without delay. Constant Reader.— “ The Land Laws Amendment Act. 1921,” grants power to a tenant the right to acquire the fee simple of endowmeivt land, and also give* power to extend the term of the lease. I n'tkr Ks'i Ki>. 0) _ “The Native Land! Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act came into operation on February 11 of this year- (2) and (3) You should write to the Registrar of the Native Hand Court, Wellington, with reapeet to your claim. Dingbat.—(l) Except as provided by “The Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921,” it is unlawful to. kill opossums. (2) A person under 21 years of age can be sued for a kut if he pleiads infancy he is entitled to judgment in his favour. A.J.T.—The landlord must obtain the consent of a magistrate before increa-sing the rent, as suggested in your letter. N.F.C. —(1) If the agreement is in writing and stamped within one calendar month aa-o it is binding on the parties. (2) B could sue A to enforce his agreement or could claim damages against A for nonperformance of his agreement. Otautau.—lf you were not guilty of negligence andi were complying with the local county by-laws, there is no liability upon