The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-06-23 00:00:00

BRIDIN/ICT clit*NTY PIURT.

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l'eloae.-I;efere Mr. I'. K I. ldn.y.- There were 107 plaints,
awl :4 jahlAtient .111111114115. a.. A large Wiw f theft haw.
Crer. Wre settle.l out ot ..rt. awl 1114.1 t .4 than ll ill g
dispwal of by the Itagagrar, Mr. W. 11. 3lahley. 'The hallowing
catne before ha Honour.

CAI:fluN TO TATUM.
The Reitlima 110ulloril 01,1 Cutfa9e Ganl.•o Arert..l
v. Mr. b. Ne,rous..,oflaawninsor;,-- Claws ter the ' lilre oi a had. Mr. F. Tucker. ow .6kred usi behalf
of till committee, witl 114. I. %I. Clundry to the defendant.—
C.lsselsshlthis case the summonshal been taken out
hy the secretary and he =int/load that secetiary had no
to do in, unless the weiety wise n.-giaterod. Mr. Tucker
hal taken proceeding, in the name of Ihum?def.Y.—His Honour thought Mr. Tucker should have sued hi bw own min`
Mr. thuldry could not ace that that would have beew.d The
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uae, and quoted nriOUS autberittes &I'm otbh alltluncut

It Was, ho said, a private transaction. If Mr. -Dicker
j silt:lined the amount sued for, any!, sly else might eons
forward and say they were the poisons that fAlglit to be
—llr. Tucker said the def.:plead hired the Lot of Mtn, in the
trounce of a witness. He cal the eacretary, and had the
I loo.jog of the tent; aaiit, i.• inked. •• Who le ts. sue j,
noon°
to pi •'• •• Mr. Gundty said they disputed the lire, but he
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would ma go into that now. In sociiitha of tile Lind it was
necessary to have Wilde ornecr especially nativist who should
be rajas:table, anti have power to aue. A secretary hail no
power to make a contract for a society of this kind i.eT jaw
gil lielt clulloWer a ciflajuils, wiles* reglstcr.d. toI•114 by •
sieretau. Ur. Tucker: How are we to sue, then ? - Hie
Honour said he can not there to tall pzolde how to do thisii‘o.
bat he coald net see he ( Tueser) had the haat power to
make a contract, or to sue. if he hal "I LA YoU
utetll'lll'ihainti,Leairni°d."whueeklit'uha'ustd7ilbieallikassa
°stodgy, were allowed.
twit—you
r Honour
atirrrigi.w.:ilwe'lleaa-nr..l;l7l:"thcek4exerrepourtif thu application of Mr.
the
DIWNITID C057/4tcr.
Janata said Benjamin Ilarkce (licaininster), v. bade
Mellish, tamer (hi:was:W*). —Thls war a claim of •I 0 7a. 9.1.
for hauling, as it was allq;cd, 41 tons 11 hundred. eight of
timber.- -Mr. Butidry for defendant. —lleiljsunin Hawker
mid Mr. Mellish contracted with him to haul timber
from Itauspisham to Evershot end Maiden Newton station. lie
could take it to either station, as he liked. This was
ehout three months ago. He had never asked any one
else for payment. Defendant had toll his lather to apply to
or. Henry tit•inp, of Itriatol, for payment. They did eo. and
he replied he haa nothing Whatever to do with it; they must
as. Mr. Mell4h. Mr. Stamp's name was not mentioned at the
time he made the agroetuent. He WM to have to. • ton for
:aiding. Ihe railway returus were halide I in, and; after some
little trouble, it wee decided tint only ..2I ton of timber has°
bees. Loom to the stations. --Mr 11111Yry said Ilia Client disputed
the "''"lriteL altogether ; first of all tiLy had claimed for •e 9
coos, and that at way U 11161,11121 4.1 40 tons ; now they could nee
the: only Mat .aver de tuns had been hauled—Hawker, the
"wager, here toll hi. father, he MUno hare another paper
euinewhere, but it could not be round the okl man still Main-
taining there were 24 tons ani 17 tons hauled.-- kr. laundry
add Ins statement we, only btamed at the stations yesterday,
and it must be right. —ln erowe-examinatioa, witioass admitted
Una it was his 1.3§(1..i1l William II %ulcer, who had first spoken
hius about thu hauling, but that he hot atitts:quently wee
sed made arrangenteuta with Mr. Ilelltsh tie did not know
that William had had any hay on acsount. - post card wee
here hauled it, by the elder Hawker, loon a timber usurchant,
at 'Parini. Mr. Gauntry remarkine• he did not Nee what light it
would throw on the matter; one thing, was quite certain,
Bowe post csnle caused persola tr, write very indistinctly Mal
very nayateriously.---un tieing asked, the father said lie anew
sunning about the trausactimi than his sun hal toll him.
—llr. thindry, for the defeism, sill he should shoe that
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wbker was the tort,, vagega..l ha. di the hauling. •1
,1 l,o2lcetd it, nod had got the tial,,tila
b 4 its help him Wahlaun thw.cr Ii al en., ti hi.- chant, ant hat
a:
peered from the scene' and thew turn came ...a the scene, did
the hauliag, and sue I his client 14 g• the whole amount, Ltzioring
the little affair of the hay altegath Ile wasded .to mos
1101,1, he believaltne last • Macre nit Mimi had put
their hohlt together ; and U limo present claimant, got the
may, the defendant would luau the value of the hay • -Mr.
dollish, the J.:louden', said in the early inn oi the year be
male an oxrangensent with William Hawker, he agreed with
him to haul the timber at 5. • ton. aaCt day slawker mid
lie couldn't do the wore unlms lie let NM have SOW.
hay, and be (shear) let him have a ton and a half,
and three cwt, whirl, he valmel 14 15..; he told
him the price at the time. I.e had heard that the Kea :id
claimants hal helped the man, but dil ii know, H, hod
thinpDitied to William, about pat getting on with the work
Dot enough. William Hawker hail not applied to him for any
implant, nor had be had any account from hies. Ile had woo
Benjamin Hawker, afterwards, and told him if Mr. Stamp,
Bristol, did not pay Ise would. -- His tionour raid from dr.
alellish's evidence, it can quite evrtain he hal promised he
would any Benjamiu for what he did. -Mr. istnclry said he
was sure his client slid not wish to take unfair advantage. and
au:gmted taking the value of tee hay Innis the amount of
haulm- 3•21 tone, and laying plaintiffs the remainder, on the
coiadia.on that a receipt Was signed by the two present
I clainmate mid William Hawker. Ills flonourNald they cool,' not.
claim for more than wasactually hauled William hal broken
the contract, and wad only I:Milled to hie share. - The value of
hauling 321 tons would be aeS • deluct the value of the
hay, ti 10s., (ruin this, and al 12s. tkl. would be left, which he
'Bout. give judhisent for, provided Willianl IlaWker joined
the raocipt. Gundry said that arrangement would be
satisfasAory bi his client, and the case was adjourned for a
month for the arrangement tif possible, los be male
D•fiatele• • (Wert.

Amlntro Wisdkam v. lifilyre, both of lirldiset
Gundry for plaintiff, Mr Nantoi fr defendant claim I-ss. fur
damage to a garden --Mr. thaidry said in this mac much injury
lied been indicted ou plaintiff's all 'talent, 'war 11 woe Rath hi
! causequeuce of cattle straying. On the 2Hih or It nn,uth
• lot 'd cows gut into a lane, Sin from the lane into plaintiff's
;union. Now the law ou thi• point usa, if a :mu occupied
property, and the fence wao Had, and cattle were etiatoUl to
stray Upolt the highway, th: owner of that property would be•
held resirotoolblo if thaw cattle. collituitted any tzessitios on
adjoining property, no Hatter if the mole entencd through
defective fencing..-The ;Lint& said he hal a guMen in Dionse
!tall grounds, whit* CH cropped. On the tab May he found
the crops had been much injured by the trampling of mUle.—
Erese-examined by Mr Nantes, he abilittcd tlut a law: gate
had been left open, lie could not say how bent it ha I been left
• so. He believol it wiulleree'ecows,but Eli Richards rental them.
He never saw any ams there, nor had he compare I the foot-
printa with the cos,' fect---thuitthierr. --Henry ooraton said he
night vhnire, limunielTs mill, and •mu the
night in quoni.o saw um* in the Wu, and in the hunks',
which he drove out. lie should think they were iii and out.
half-an-hour before he could get tile,, clean out. There weru
several cows there, but he could not tell the number. The
cows were rented by Eli lUchards.- - Richard Fronsmi eurrobo•
radol.—Mr. F. Lung said he had scot the garden. Much
damage had been done too email i•ick hay. remutsuihaig about
10 cwt. The hay had bees thrown down, and trampled upon,
and hail been damaged he should think to the extent of at
lout ISs. l'orUtins of Lilo croisi wore Is, trod len down
.Mr. N.uites, for the defence, contended that his client was nok
liable; he was not the owupier, but only Hanoi the cows tat
the night previous defeoLvit had acea the Hors all right in the.
Geld, and the gate cloud, nol he had no ilea how the animals
got out. lloandes this, there was a gate ini plaintiff's property
which had been down lie could not tell how long ; us] it the
gate bad been up the damage would Hut bast, h,eii &am. - Oho
ilev..ur said ddendant was liable, and gate judgment for
the lie.