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OUR LAWYER. Conducted by a Barrister-at-Law. Legal questIons must be stated fully and clearly, and a full copy must be sent of any document on which advice is sought. All communications must be endorsed, "LEGAL," per Editor, WEEKLY MAIL," Cardiff. QUARTERLY TENANT.—" P. A. W." ought not to have mentioned the current year in his notice, its he thereby gave up the advantage of the agreement for a quarterly tenancy, and he most now submit to treat the tenant as having taken the house from year to year. The question will, therefore, arise when the tenancy commenced. A tenancy from year to year can only be determined at the end of a complete year of the tenancy, and, therefore, our correspondent will have to ascertain from what quarter day the tenancy commenced, and wait till that time before demanding possession. PUKCHASK OF COTTAGB.—" L. P." (Treharri,) could only purchase what the vendor had power to sell- that is to say, the property subject to the existing tenancy thereof; and, therefore, he will have to give proper notice to the tenant to quit, according to the terms which were contained in the agreement of letting. The Act of Parliament as to double rent would not apply to the case, as the tenant has not given notice of his intention to deliver up possession 01 the premises in question. TRESPASS.—The case submitted by Curious ,Ne'Wr. port) is aproper one for a local solicitor. GBOUND RBNT.-We do not understand the letter of B. D." So long as the ground rent is paid regularly, it cannot make any difference whether the leaseholder pays it personally or through his agent. Does he mean that the owner of the land has refused to receive ttie ground rent from the agent ? If so, what reason has been given for such refusal ? It is neither necessary nor usual for a leaseholder to have the lease assigned to his agent for the purpose of enabling the latter to pay the ground rent. Perhaps he will explain, and then we will advise him definitely. AN UNGRATEFUL DEFKITDANT.—" Memo (Cardiff) is advised to go to the county-court office and have the execution levied for the amount of costs still unpaid. Kindness is wasted upon such a man as the defendant has proved himself to be. LANDLORD AND TRIVANT.-As it was part of the agreed ment between" Hartz" (Llandilo) and his landlord that the latter was to be at liberty to alter the build- ings, we do not agree with him as to his having been so harshly used as he supposes himself to have been. Probably the Inconvenience was considered in fixing the amount of rent which he was to pay. However. some kind of arrangement ought to be arrivedkt without litigation. He had better not have entered Into such an indefinite agreement in the first instance. RESTRICTIVE AGREEMENT.—" Nemo (Cardiff) ought to have sent us a copy of the agreement if he wished as to advise him upon the construction thereof. There is nothing in his letter to cast a doubt on the validity of the agreement in question. A general restriction against a person doing anything for the purpose of earning his livelihood would be void but where a person agrees for a valuable consideration that he will not get acquainted with his employer's customers and then try to get their business away for his own benefit (which is what the agreement in question appears to amount to), the restriction being confined to a speci- fied area, such agreement is good and could be enforced by the courts. The distinction made by our corre- spondent between his lifetime and for ever is falla- cious when he dies the agreement will come to an end, as it only refers to his own personal transactions. SECRETARY AND MANAGiltR.-Il Ajax (Cardiff) Is In- formed that it is part of the duty of the secretary and manager of a joint stock company to attend the meet ings of the directors whenever he is required to do so whether regularly or only occasionally as may be arranged. If the officer in question refutes or neglects to do so, and in that manner causes inconvenience and delay in the transaction of the business of the com- pany. the directors ought to get rid of him and appoint another person in his place. ADMINISTRATION 0;:DKR.—■W. T." ought as soon as judgment was .,i,-en against him to have informed the judge that he would not be able to pay as ordered, and that he intended to apply for Ul order for the administration of his affairs nnder the Bankruptcy Act, the whole amount of his Indebtedness being under L50, and thereupon the proceedings would have been stayed. As matters now stand, unless he can get an order for the stay 01 proceedings his goods might be taken in execution before the order could be made. He had better talk this over with the registrar. If the order should be made, he would not have to pay the fees immediatelYl but they would be taken out of tha instalments paid into court from time to time. It is usual for an order to be made for the payment of monthly instalments into court until sufficient has been paid in to satisfy the amount of fees (10 per cent. upon the amount of the debts) and a reasonable dividend to the croditors, which may vary according to the special circum- stances. The household furniture and tools or imple* ments of trade are protected to the value of £ 20 from the date of the order so far as the scheduled creditors are eonoerned, but rent, rates, Ac., must be paid, and all instalments under sounty-court actions which be* come actually payable before the date of the adminis- tration order being granted. DEATH OF WITNESS TO WILL.—" One in Doubt" (Car- diff) is advised that if the will was In proper form and duly executed and attested, the testator having been at the date of its execution of sound mind, the decease of the witness does not In any manner affect the validity of the will, and there is no necessity for another will to be made. But in case of any irregu- larity it would be desirable to have a new will pre- pared, and if a copy be sent to us for perusal, we shall be happy to advise our correspondent thereon, PROPOSED DEED OF GlirT.-Bcfore we advise 1, Deed of Gift" (Briton Ferry) upon this. we must ask him why he proposes to give away what he mav possibly want for himself? Does he owe any money? -When he gives us a full explanation we shall be happy to advise him. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.—As •• R.O." (Swansea) agreed to accept a composition on the amount which wae due to him he thereby gave up his claim to be paid the balance, and when the composition was paid at the appointed time (as is imDiied, although not expressly stated, in his letter) the mat ter was at an end and tile account closed. By the Statute of Limitations the right of action was barred at the end of six years, but if there was a current account between the parties time would run from the date of the last item upon either side of the account. If, however, each tran- saction was kept separate this rule would not apply. We advise our correspondent to have the matter attended to by a local solicitor, who could investigate the facts more conveniently than ourselves. CLAIM FOR COMPIENSATIow. -We cannot advise "New- port" upon his statement, as it does not appear which was in fault in the matter. ARREARS OF RICNT. X. Y. Z." (Cardiff) may recover the amount which is still owing to him by his former tenant by means of an action in the county-court of the district in which the house is situate. MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT.— Oliphant" is advised that there must be a settlement executed by the parties before their marriage in order to create the proposed trusts as to the money which is mentioned, and snch money must be paid over to the trustees and invested in their names. The property of the intended wife would be protected against her husband by the Married Women's Property Act, but it had better be included in the settlement deed, as otherwise she might sell it and dispose of the purchase money, which would not be quite fair after the settlement made upon her by her husband. The deed must be prepared by a local solicitor, who will advise them afl to all necessary details. AGREEMENT OF TENANCT.—•• Premises did mt send 08 a copy of the agreement in writing referred to in his letter. When we receive this copy we will advise him. The usual notice where property is let by the year is half a year, and it must be so given as to expire at the end of a oomplete year's tenancy; but in this case there appears to have been some kind of a stipulation as to notice which is not fully explained. REFUSAL OF LICENCE.-As A. B." (Aberdare) did not send us a copy of the by-laws under which the licence was refused, nor inform us why it was refused, we cannot advise him either upon the validity of the by-laws nor the propriety of the refusal. If he does not know the grounds of refusal it is not at all likely that we can inform him he ought to inform us the facts, in order that we may be in a position to advise upon the law applicable thereto. SCHOOL BOARD.—" A Collier" (Glyn-Neath) is informed that so long as the member is not personally inte- rested in any contract with the school board, the fact. of one of his relatives being so interested cannot be held to disqualify him for his seat at the board. A member cannot be either a paid officer of the board or interested personally in any contract with the same but it would never do to introduce arbitrary disquali- fications such as that proposed by our correspondent, because, having once begun, it would be impossible to draw any satisfactory line. POWER OF DIRECTOR. Brutus" (Merthyr) ought to have informed us the facts. Does he mean that the director in question has signed cheques in his own favour without having any rightful claim thereto or having had any account passed by the board? If so, such cheques would be of no use to him unless he is specially authorised to sign cheques in caee of emer- gency and even in that ease surely the signature of some other person must be requisite before any cheque ao signed would be honoured by the bankers. What are the regulations under which such a state 6f things is possible? We are Inclined to think that our corre- spondent must have made a mistake. Perhaps he will explain, and at the same time send us a copy of the memorandum and articles of association, so that we may advise him. INSPUCTOR OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Doubtful" ought to report this matter to the chief of police it rather looks as if the officer and the tradesman were working together. Are there any local regulations under the Act duly approved by the Board of Trade? If so. a cupv ought to have been sent for our perusal. RESTRICTIVE C'OVKNANT. An Old; Subscriber" (Here- ford) must not cancel the indenture by destroying the same, or he would thereby put an end to the restric- tive covenant referred to. There must be a special agreement prepared by a local solicitor for the purpose of carrying the new arrangement into effect, care being taken that the restriction is kept in full force for the benefit of our correspondent. It the other party is still an Infant, he cannot effectually hind himself by such a covenant, but his parent or guardian must covenant on his behalf as beiore.

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