PETERSFIELD.
Agent—Miss DUPLOCK.
COUNTY COURT, MONDAY.—Before C. J. Gale, Esq,, Judge. There were 75 plaints entered most of which, were settled out of Court,
— Todman v. Gale.—In this case plaintiff, who is a dealer in coals at Petersfield, sued the Defendant for 9s., being the price of a quarter of a ton of coals supplied as long ago as 1857. It appeared from plaintiff’s statement, that during the time that defendant held the contract for supplying the Petersfield Union Workhouse with coals, the then Master had on several occasions, when short of coals, sent to him (Todman) to borrow a few, and had returned them on getting his supply from defendant; that he did so on the 4th of March, 1857, and on these coals being returned he refused to take them back, as he considered them of inferior quality and required payment in cash (viz., 9s.), this, he had been unable to obtain, and hence the present proceedings. Defendant denied having ever authorised the Master to borrow coals on his account, and also stated that he had never received any consideration for the coals in question, and on this ground he utterly repudiated all liability. Complainant tendered to the Court a letter from the late Master, Mr. Hathaway, but was informed by His Honour that a letter was not admissible as evidence. Nonsuited. Costs allowed to defendant.