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Local Court Jamestown.
Monday, Septenibet-aW^ 3913 !
(Before S. J. {HatdfeH, S.M.i;■ :
: *i ..v-j^xairistenseii v. "E. C. :
Claim for £2 4/6 tdr^car^tiiigv. 2£r* Hi
lary Boacaut appearadfor theplamliff
and Iffr. n. 0; A. Ifcanldn^ "ot; Peters
burg for the defcndatrt; .The defcodanj
objected to the" mitsdiciion* bf the
-lattsestown. Court. iCr. Itaiikin slated
that the course'of action flvose at.
Olary and both plaintiff and defen
dant r^sidefl and worked' 'near. • Oiary
and he asked that the proceedings be
removed to. the. Local Court Cock
*>urn,' Vi^iich \vas the court to
Olary. Mr. Boucaut, argued that the
defendant*!? affidavit setting forth that
he had a grood defence to the case on
zne merits bnd not been filed until •
aftor be had filed his notice <A objec
t 011 to the court as required by the
Local Courts . Amending- ^.ct, 18S8.
Mr. Rankin contended that it v^as not
necc-siary to file the affidavit /before
the notice setting out- the objection,
but it wag sufficient if the 'affidavit*
was filed previously to the objection
be ng- entertained, Hy.the" court," and
this had been done." * After argument
the magistrate held that &e affidavit
had been filed in timej and he orderod
the proceedings to be transferred to
the Local Court at Cockburn.l Costs
amounting to £6 12/3 -nvre ordered to"
be paid bv the plaintiff* '
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