"Who is that Indy in court without a hat," asked Judge P. Grant Jones in H. M. Supreme Court during the hearing of a case last Wednesday, and said to Mr. N.
Mis she a witness of your their he jgovered. She must get a. hat leave the court. This is not a tee"
By thi the witness had put, on a beret, so the case was enabled to proceed without delay.
The plaintiff, Mr, Uri Tratenberg, claimed $411 for boarding the de" fendant, Inv. ©. Gibbes, $1,000 for compensation for the transfer of a [damage to the amount of lease of boarding hone, general 0 for the breach of a verbal contract, for re-possession of the plaintiffs farnh, fre, and." asked that. personal facie be handed back fo him. "Me. ivanoff appeared for the. plaintiff, and Mr. M, Gilcher for the defence, Mr. Gilcher, stati willing to" hand. over" but that he had any of plaintiff's: personal effects, or that they had been partners. Hence. there could no reach of the verbal contract alleg-'Mr.
'Tratenberg, entering th box, aid that they had' made a partnership in February, is wife being present at the time; This was. a. partnership on an equal. basis, each party to receive 50 per cent, of any" profits, Mr. Gibbes, he said, had to put. from $2,006 to $9,000 while plaintiff had to put in $1,000. "The partnership was formed to run a. large house, and to. conduct a ut in, $463," continued plaint-"the defendant put in over 'T1s.6,000 at different times. With that money we bought furniture at the auctions to sell again later,"
The boarding-house, he continued, Was opened at the former Axed Club at 496 Rue Bourgeat, the top floor being fixed up for boarders, while the shops below wore rented four. Tu addition, they had their second-hand furnita 188s together result of which he (Tratenburg) lost. Yen.80,000, They. Darted friends, however.
He then gave a resume of incidents which he said. took place at 9 a.m, on June 29. At Mr. Gibbes' invitation, he went to defendant's room. The defendant then accused him "of spreading scandalous ruincurs about him, and a young man staying with him hit the plaintitt jon the head. He was then kicked out, of the room.
Half an hour later, he went on, Inv, Gibbes came to the plaintiffs room and "told me to jet out, sulted me, my wife, hit my son, [brought in workmen, and shouted:
He and his wite, after being twere then elected." He later wrote, allowed to collect a few belonging through his lawyer, for the rest of his belongings, bit so far had 'The case was then adjourned sine die, "his, Lordship intimating that would be continued "as soon as Possible after the Full Court had sat. He' expressed the hope that counsel might come in the tean-time, to some sort of an arrange iment or agreement.
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