The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-03-24 00:00:00

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DORCHESTER COUNTY COURT, 11..tica a
Melon T. a P. LARDY, H.q.)

There were about 120 causes entered for bearing et
this oourt but the following only possessed any interest.
Lau ?anions r. Tenon—The plaintiff, who Is • dealer
at Dbrehester sought to rewire £1 15.., as Wanes
due on the purchase of two tip, from the defendant,
who lives at Sturminster. The defendant bad been in
the habit of purchasing young plea nl the plaintiff to fat
aod sell again. On the Bth of April, 1855, Mrs. Taylor
bought two pigs from plaintiff. She coy. no price was
named, Parsons saying in answer to her inquiry,
" Ob, I and your huband won't fall out about
that." She said they were small pigs, apparently
just weaned, and perhaps nine or tan weeks old. Her
husband and a lodger agreed with her as to the appear.
sace of the pigs. About ten weeks after, plaintiff went
to their house to look at the pigs, when be was asked
what WU the ptiee of thew, and he replied "Oh,
30s. to you." Defendant says he understood from this
that the price of the two pip was to be 30a., and that
he alleges vu their full value, and he subsequently
forwarded that amount to the
_plaintiff. Parsons, how.
ever, stated that be tOl4l NM Taylor the pigs were to be
charged 325. 64. mak and he said they were about
eight months old. 'He called Francis denies, pig
dealer, who heard the deal; ha thought 31s. 6d. sub
was • fair price, and he judged them to be three or four
months old. The defendant said that he kept them till
August, 1865, they ate about three masks of harleymeal,
and then only made 1.3 17s. 64.—His Hoeoar said be
believed defendant brought the pigs at 30e. each, and
that the defense set up was not altogether basest Be
gave judgment for 30e.
Robert Shealy e. Alfred Chileott.Tliis etas !I clehn
of Is. Mr. Howard for plaintiff, and Mr. Weston
or defednuat. Plaintiff, who is • baker, supplied the
defendant's customers at Charminster with bread for •
fortnight, and to facilitate his doing this Cblloott lent
time horse and van. No agreement appears to have
been made as to what plaintiff should he paid, and his
bill was as follows: Breed Cl wcuiricg and deliver-
ing bread, el 10a; and keep of bone, 165.• together,
£9 7s. The bread wee charged at Bse. per lord,
Which stas the Oriel It which breed was then soli
by baked to bread sellers. The deism* was that no
charge might to be madelbeyood the 84. • loaf, and it
transpired that in the first bill sent In there was no other
charge made. Upon this, his Honour said that the atibu•
quart claims could not be =stained, and prejudgment,
for £2 is. and costa forthwith, the money to be paid
into court on Tuesday, or eneeution to issue at once, hot
not to be paid to plaintiff without an order of the judge,
salt wag intimated an action would be brought against
plaintiff at the nest court for damages =stained by
defendaut through his not taking off Chiloott's basilica
according to arringrbent. Defended% said he had
enetaimbd • lass of .20.
James Fr4al Henry Philippa—This was a dlairr, of
13e. 7d., um on a policy of insurance for £l5O.
The plaintiff =skies at Dorchester, and the defendant
has a sulall farm at Briante' Puddle, near Wareham.
Philippe alleged that he only went to inquire "what
It would be" to insure for about 11100, when Mr.
Fraud said he would inquire and let him
know, end that he never ordered him to get •
policy for him. When he remised the "paper" be
thought it was to let him know what the ingurance
I would oast. But plaintiff said that be had asked de.
fondant several times for the matey, when be did not
dispute owing it, but only said he could not pay.—Rio
' Honour oonWand the claim was proved, and made an
order for papneet.