LAW QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3774, 13 July 1926, Page 48

LAW QUERIES.

[Answered by a solicitor of the Supreme Coart •f New Zealand. Letters and Telegrams must be addressed to “i-EK,” c/o Editor, Otago Witness, Dunedin.] “ Deceived.”—The solicitor is entitled to charge for all interviews with him. “ Silverhope."—The parents of the girl are liable to the hospital authorities. “ Inquirer,” Christchurch. —An apprentice who is a party to a contract of apprenticeship is bound thereby throughout its currency. “ Silverhope " : If an agreement for a lease is made out by a solicitor, who pays the costs —the lessee or the lessor? The lessee. “ Caretaker ” asks: “ There Is a vacant section adjoining me, and the owner has a row of macrocarpa trees 50ft high, and 6ft from the Boundary fence. Can I compel him to cut them down? ” No.^ “Clinton Farmer.”—(l) The adjoining pro-perty-holder is bound to clear half the roadline adjoining his property from noxious weeds. (2) The matter should be brought to the notice of the county council. (3) The daily wage would be 6s Bd. “Worried.”—(l) The answer to your question depends upou the rules and by-laws of the Oddfellows’ lodge of which your husband is a member. (2) By taking action in the magistrate’s court you can recover possession of the property belonging to you. “ Nosey Parker ” asks “ (1) Can the Land Tax Department sue for overdue tax without first sending a notice for payment of same? (2) A has a number of shares in a company, and at his death there is still some money owing on the shares. The company npw sues A for the amount owing. What is the position in the matter? Is the present holder of the shares still liable for the amount due? (3) As the summons is in the name of A who is liable fpt the expenses of the summons?” (1) Yea. (2) The holder of the shares. (3) The holder of the shares.