RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Before H. Kenrick, Esq, R.M. Tuesday, December 22, 1885.
W. Wilson r. J. Mdlhtosh : CUim £7 18s 6d goods supplied. Adjourned till ne*t Court day, January 19, 1886, on the! application of plaintiff's solicfcor, ; Mr Ji A. Miller. G. M. Burke y. R. Mackie : Claim £4 19s Bd, value of goods detained. From the evidence adduced it appeared* that some nristinderstandiflg existed/as to the ownership of the goods. / * , Order made* that defendant , give up certain hides, etc., being portion 1 of the goods claimed bj 4 p.ra. same dajj or in default, their alleged value. An application was made by the bailiff, for an order instructing the .Clerk ot the Court to pay over certain monies held by him (and which bad been levied
on a distress yf&rhr^MWMpSsos^sß : JJrdeivrefußed '; inotfey^piua^intiK GourfcM 1b bfpaid to Ti;lf|i3mithe)^>fhS &t£ , debt lia4 be6h ass/ghed By/Quffi -V '-" * t>V;.CraigV. JbsiptOlarke: MrSl.' A.*MIH«i; fo^i&fdhdaiit.! Claim £lk lOsypric^ of a hofcse al%ed to ba?aN been sold defehdant. ,'. ,; > Efidence wat giv^en by plaintilf;tjtbe effect that wben at Thames in September last he offered a hiorse for^ealoto defendant, and left it with hirti for a week's trial, the price to be £12 10s if fotinii to work in harness, etc., and h* rt)<te home on a horee of defendant's whidh he asked h\\n to put ttut to grass on his farni at Waiorongomai for him. Not hearing from defendant in tbe course* of a w*ek or two plaintiff wrote him re^ qaestihg paylUent of the money, and receired a ?6ply stating th' 6 horse W'a9 not as good as represehteJ and offering £9 for him or to exchange him for thd one ridden up by plaintiff. Hence th£ action. Defendant on the Other hand stated that no limit was mentioned within which the horse was td be cdnsid^red as sold or to be returned \ that htt todk the horse on trial until plaintiff should again come to Thames, giving him another horse to ride* home and use (arid ndt to put out to grass as alleged), and agreeing) should he be satisfied with th6hdrse> to give J&l2 10s for him. His Worship nonsuited plaintiff, each side to bear their own costs, aa from the 6videncft adduced he considered both sides had shown great negligence with respect to the arrangement as to sale.
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Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 134, 26 December 1885, Page 2
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385RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Before H. Kenrick, Esq, R.M. Tuesday, December 22, 1885. Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 134, 26 December 1885, Page 2
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