The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-11-24 00:00:00

UHIDPORT COUNTY WURT.

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Fluntr.--Ilefore Mr T. E. P. LIWROT, Judge. —There were 72
officinal plaints, and 16 JuAment summonses, but • large
portion of the were settled out of wort. Amongst those
which came before the Registrar was
Mews. Eldridge, Pope, d, Co. Dorchester, v Mre Hockey,
veld°w of the late Mr James Ifockey This case arose out of
one trial before His Honour at the last court when Mr Edward
Norman, son-in-law of Mr Hoekey, was summoned as the
executor do am tort of She deceased. Ifis Honour then ruled
that the defendant wa• not liable, and hence the present action.
Thu claim wee for £34 Is, uviney owed for liquors supplied.—
klr John Webber reprimented the firm of ladri Pope, A Co,
tn. whom Mr Day appeared Defendant MY unable to attend,
In consequence of Infirmity, but Mr Norman, her son-in-law,
was present, and consented to an order against her, which was
acourdingly made, with ants, payment forthwith.

c0m„.,,, er,
CLAIM ?OR Lek?.
Mcilthe,.. butcher, liriilptrt, butch Netherbury,
also came before the Registrar. 71ds waa a claim id g.r. ds
Ild for meat supplital. Defendant did not appaar and Judg-
ment was tie,.,, for g. 12 lts 11, to be paid forthwith,
following were hunt by Ills Honour :
Weer AVTAIL
GHITY, grocer, Itrittport, v Theiana Tartar, South
Street. - Claim GI 4. gd, for groceries, it c., supplied. -Mr
Gutelry for plaintiff Mr Day fir defendant —Mr Day saki the
money had boen paid, and produced what he said was a receipt,
1.., the sante, which he lialtdol to Ills Honour for examinathim.
—Mr DundrY thought he should he able to prove such was
not the case, but the receipt alluded to was • different &canard
altogether. -Mr fray said one "f the hill. was for gl Is the
other gl 2s Cal he contended that the it.. on Isdh bills Were
precisely the value : his client had bum sued for the amount,
which he paid, and Mole a bill wan brought forward which was
said to have been owing at the time the settlement was made
another summons could twit be taken out : the plaintiff had no
piiwer split the cause of action. His Honour said it
certainly appeared to him that the plaintiff W2S SOW suing for
mobil .leiLli WWI OWeil thai. the hilt settlement was made.
Mr litundry =ld the bill re...4lmA wee for goods had li. 809;
what they now elaine•l Wee for goo,ln had In the early part of
1274.—Mr Day mall if the money WOO i wing at the tient; the
last commons wait taken out, they could not now recover It Honour said the cue on the 'previous occuion had hero
disposal of by the Registrar ; and lie thought the tinsent
proceedings were quite legal —Plaintiff was ulcer! by Ills
Honour to prisluee his book*, which he did, and the accounts
were compared, His Honour remarkir.g that In the ISrO bill
' and the 1671 bill the items were aptsaftntly the same, with one
or two euteptions' which seemed rather strange. —Plaintiff
having proved the delivery of varlows articha In the &mond,
the defendant said he did not owe the money ; when
the last account was settled everythlrqf was straight
between them -In answer hi Iles honour plaintiff
sabl he did not remember the date Whelk lie Welt ill the bitt.
MN Turner: You ouzlit to how' )ou sent It through post,
wlthisit a stamp oti it, and we hail to lay 11.1. Plaintiff said II
that use the case it WU done by mistake, JUNI not intentionally.
--Mn., Turner aelil she knew her hustrand had settled an
aceount of gl 2. RI, and she had met:: bad anythh, she., _ nothing more than she paid for, and very little id that ... Plaintiff said at the time the bat uttlement WAX made, be told defendant there wax another bill I Whig. and he pneoh,ed to
see about .t —ll4s ilefendant dunks-I.—llls Honour said it
seemed rather suspicious that a summons should have been taken out in July last Anil • settlement come to ; and that
more moiler should hare been owing at the same time He
,nut give • verdict for defendant: plalntiff had Involved the
in,. In such ffittleulties that he (His Honour) pallid not de
otherwise. Defendant's and two witnesses' expenese were *eked for by Mr Day, and allowed. "