For Goads Sold to Central Garage by Local Firm: Further Claim of Tls. 29,186
Tudgment for Tls. 98,457.12 was Jeiven against the Central Garage Go, of 9 Hongkong Road, in H. M. Sapreme Court on Monday by" his Honour Judge Sir Skinner Turner. Plaintitfs were Probst Hanbury Coy, Ld who claimed from the Central Garage:—(1) Tls. 96.278.33 goods told and money advanced to, of paid on behalf of the defend-fants by plaintiffs at defendants' request, and in accordance with the Ratements peviodieally rendered to defendants "by plaintiff; (2) Tls. 2.17870, being agreed interest the first mentioned sum at 7 per feet. per annum, from January 1 the date of the writ; (3) Tls. 29,186.96, "being commission on foods supplied to the defendants, And for goods and machinery supplied, Mr. R. E. S. Gregson appear-for plaintiffs; defendants were hot legally represented, Mr. LIG. Wright watched the ease, om cabled structions from England, on behalf of the owners of the land on which the "Central Garage is situated, An affidavit was fled ty Mr. FP. Rayden, of the plaintiff' company, stating that the defendants were justly and truly indebted. to the plaintiffs for the sum of Tle, 98,497.12, and he be-fleyed that there was no defence to the action in #0 far as it referred to the first two paragraphs. In respect fof certain of the items set forth in the third paragraph there was a dispute proper for the decision of the Court.
Mr. Gregson pointed out to his Lordship. that "in Home practise under Order 14, Rule 4, if it appeared that the' defence set up by the defendant applied only to a of the plaintiffs claim, or that part of the claim vas admitted, Plaintify should be given judgment For much part of the claim as was admitted, oF to which there sens defence, In this case there was no defence tothe first two items at] least, and these were to all intents Jand purposes admitted by the defendants fact, a "qua He tasked for judgment for the first ay, and suggested leave be given to defend for the rest.
His Lordship. pointed that he could have no idea of what the defendants wanted to do, anc ihe only thing he could suggest would be hist he order pleadings on the third paragraph of the clause, and give Judgment for plaintiffs on the first tye paragraphs, reserving the cons of the whole matter.
Mr. Gregson agreed, and judgment was given accordingly.
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