ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ICLAIM.
(By Telegraph.*—Own Correspondent.) CDUNEDIN, this day. The Arbitration gC'ourt heard a compensation case, Dougherty v. Milne, claiming £.500 in connection* with the death of plaintiff's husband mat Wyndham on April 8. Deceased had t&een commissioned by jir. Milne, his e'ripployer, to inspect a horse with a view tfflp purchase, and, while walking along the B railway line on his way to inspect the arnimal, he -was struck by an engine and Skilled. . The defence contended that the auecident did not arise out of deceased's employment, and the act of deceased in walking on the railway line was obviously dawngerous and unnecessary. The Court expressed the opinion that the accident arwpse in the course of dsceased ; s empJoyune&t, but decision was reserved. || =4=
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 305, 21 December 1912, Page 11
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