Judge Lobingier on Tuesday gave judgment in the case: of H.-D. Rodger et alia against A. Tilton Steele This was a case in which ithe plaintiff claimed G. $1,500 with interest, for which a judgment was rendered in plaintiff's favour, while a second claim by Williams, Fran-kiln & Faison for Ts. 250 had also {been rendered by the U. S. Commissioner. His Honour Judge Lobingier held as follows:—In the absence of statute or special equities a prior judgment is entitled ito satisfaction before a subsequent one.
After dealing with the question, of interest his Honour ruled:
The Clerk would accordingly be directed to pay from the balance in his hands of the judgment recovered in Cause No. 1798, the judgment in this case with costs and interest from September 23, 1922, to January 30, 1923, and to apply the remainder of said balance on the Commissioner's' judgment of the last named date.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.