CIVIL DEBT CLAIMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 August 1926, Page 2

CIVIL DEBT CLAIMS.

. JUDGMENTS ENTERED. A SIX-YEAIR-OLD .CLAIM... A claim for £5; said to have been owing for nearly six years, was made before Mr. R. W. Tate, 5.M.,. at- New Plymouth "yesterday. He entered a non suit with costs against’the plaintiff for £1 Ils 6(1. N. O. Andrews, picture operator, of Opunake, contended that in 1920 he soW ' privately a second-hand car to W. C. Bransgrove, cycle dealer, of New Plymouth, for -£l5O in cash, plus £5 for which a promissory note was given. Bransgrove, on the other hand, argued that he bought the ear for £145 and gave a promissory note for £5, to be paid when Andrews foun'i a buyer for defendant’s other ear. That car was still unsold and in use. Brantgrove said, however, that he had eu , quently given Webster Bros, who han previously put the car to Cheque for. the full, amount, xiw, ■» that the.pYomissory note was rende red void and should hard "been retufned hint or destroyed. . , ' Judgment by default was given. >n, the following undefended casesl aramdu /PARts £1 10s 6d). Fdward G. Falwasser, railway porter, „ horn counsel described as an “nnmaee--I'itcly dressed:” man, was ordered »« pay Frank Sykes £2 2s forthwith. •• default two days’ imprisonment.