CIVIL CASES.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1221, 17 January 1883, Page 2

CIVIL CASES.

SMITH AX I) BARKLEY V. "WHITTEM. Cliiiiu fur L5 4s. 7d fur govis soil and dcliveied. No appearance of defendant. Jiulgim nt for the amount wLh costs. Mr Jouus ixr plaintill: KATER V. HOOPER. Fiuiul snminona calling upon dofondant to show avMu why he had failed t > .satisfy a claim of L''> 8s costs of Court aw.irdtd at a form-:! 1 lioari.''^. Ju lament for ann.unt clainiijd, a.ui or. crorl to le paid into Ci,urt v."i!:ji a f<<rt!iij_l.t.

KIf'HARDSOX V. .SHAW. Claim fm- LlOO on a dishonors:! bill of exchange for cash advanced. Judgment I by default for amount claimed with costs. I Mr Jones for plaintiff. VORLICH V. TAYLOR. Defendant appeared on a judgment summons to show cause why he had failed to satisfy a judgment of the Court recorded in October last. He said he received IG3. 8:1. per day as a carpenter, and there were more carpenters in Reefton than thei-e was work to do. Ho had. only worked six weeks since the judgment. His Worship said he would make no order in the case. Mr Guinness appeared for the plaintiff. JOHSTSTOX V. ItEES. Claim for £18 7s. 7d., for goods supplied. Judgment by default for amount with costs. Mr Jones for plaintiff. SMITH V. DAVID. This was an action for thu sale of a cow aud 103. for the service of a bull. Mr. Guinness appeared for plaintiff and Mr Lynch for defendant. Alfred Smith : I ara a dairyman at Reef ton. On the 17 th of November I met Mrs David on the road, and toll her I would sell her a cow for LB, and give her two days trial. She told me to take the cow over, which I did the same night. About three days after, I saw her and she said fihe was perfectly satisfied with the cow and told me to call for the money. She returned the cow on the 17th Novem. ber. The day before she sent a boy to say she had two cows for sale as she was going to Melbourne. I did not take any delivery of the cow. It was put into the paddock without iny permission. I called upon her the same day and she pelted my horse wfth stones. Subsequently, I sent the bill to defendant, who was then in the hospital. He said he knew nothing of the affair. By Mr Lynch : I can't state the age of the cow. It might be two or three years old. Mrs. David : I carry on the dairy for my own interest and buy and sell cows. Recollect one of my cows dying and meeting Smith. He asked me if I wanted a cow and I said I did not as my husband was in bad health and I would sell what I had got. Smith offered to sell me a cow for LB, and offered to take two dry cows. I told him I would consider. I did not tell him then that I would buy the cow. Five or six days after Smith brought the cow. I had no conversation with Smith between meeting him the first time and his delivery of the cow. I never told Smith that the cow suited. I told him. she was a thorough nuisance, and to take her away. The cow remained four or five days. The cow was fifteen or twenty years old. A'number of other witnesses were called and examined, and finally judgment was given for the plaintiff with costs.