COLLISION WITH TRAM CAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 152, 27 June 1914, Page 10

COLLISION WITH TRAM CAR.

' CMI'l-A'-ATION < l-\tM l-'All--*. .hui.nue.ni lor .lefoiid-aiiu-. wiw give:: . .-.-i.-r.I-jv aftei a.>»" b.v Mr. C. C. Keille. s.M.. in Vie .:i:-e A. K. ' '"ar.vater ,Mr. W I". Moot-.'l v. the Um.-krJiid He '..if ,--,,,,.,,-.:-,.- Co.. 1.-.d. i Mr. .1. R. liewl- ; i .., i.. i 11:: i I.i i. ■■'' -i -'M-: ■rM ■. claimed C-'HI *"* <• ~ni " "*• '*-'" n :>r e.ieii.-ive tbimatje d'fine in Iks motor .... ~. ;l co'l'sion with a i rumen r in :ji.,e:i i-trc-:. . v ' After hvurino a niurbi-r nl eye-wit-iii.-se- ai tin- a.i'i.lenl. .-a Hed .hi be ill" ,f i"c d-feme. his Worship said that ~, mil-, find ajrabis; f:.e plaintiff. It ~,e,l •with the luti-ei' lo f.rore Hint ;t„. driver of tin- tra.mv.tr bad been juiliv of negligence risulunjr in finiccideni. lie was of opttion. however. hat no jury would lind that negligence iad broil proved. The plaintiff, in his ■ vki-eii.-.'. ad-mi, Led thai wire:) be rracbetl ;!ir fi-aeen Street corner from Victoria s'.--i-r-. .\Vr-i. he hud a. plain vivw of ;be traraear. He also sta-ted that, he -~v -iii- motorman looking round and :in: he was not sure whether the tram- :.-:- a.-.s g .iiig t,> stop opposit/C Courts store. ill fpirc of this, '.be p'aintifl i .ok it upon iiim-.-li' ;o on on and' try to i-ro-s in front of the Irani. 1: war a foolhardy and r-- klcss attempt, and the acvideni. ;-,,5-_ n-ere allowed to defendant.