MILKING MACHINE CASE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 208, 31 August 1917, Page 2

MILKING MACHINE CASE.

CLABi FOR DAMAGES. Mr. Jnstiee Cooper was occupigd a.t thr >uprenii' Court yesterday and to-day in heaiv-'sL' tht case lor the defence m the civiJ action. Sarnue! Keam and others, of Taiiran>ra. versus the Farmer*' Milkinc Machine Company, a claim foT £428 i» for :njury aliened t<> have been sustained hr a i'crd of co«- trom the use of a milfcIti£; raaciiine. Mr. W. .1. Thompson. foreman for Warren arid Company, the maker? of ti• t■ mai-hiue. stated tlwt on :>eptember In he put in? machine in thorough working orncr. and ■>< lien ne left it w working perfectly. th«- only trouble he had had was Thai a minor pan i>l the engine had broken, and he Kh'l had to replace it. Beinre lie left plaintiffs expressed satis- . faction ii tb.- working of tbo machine. | 1. W. Warren, director of the defendant company, and the proprietor of the firm of Warren and Company, the maker? of tin- machine, of which he »a? the inventor, said all the machine* were made under hi* supervision. In October in conseauenee of complaints' about the cows In ,!i2 affected hr visited plaintiffs' pine , and i..und the machine \va« working in perfect cond.tion. exeepi that the f rfjui if.- had themselves increased the I r»s»ur» rather too much. He remedied t"i- and replaced oise teat cup in whie! I*h id knocked a hole. When he left the machine wn- nrorkms |>erfectly. Asruin on the ! s l!i December, when n «.i- conductt-d. the machine workr-i perfectly. The w:tnt?e- further deposeJ t i a -imiiar trouble which had occurred :i. n dairy herd at rapakura. Upon investigation l<\ Pr. R;nr rhe ctimpanT found out that 'Jhe trouh'.e w>. contarioui- nummitis. Tbe piaintifi"raac.linf had been taken hack, divided into :w>. and witbnut any overhaul beynnd tiie disinfecting irt" the part- winch had bff-Ti touched by tbf had t>een set up a? ;w,, plants, one at Papaknra and tbe other at the TTiame*. Beth plant? had worked with perfect sai.r.iction for fiv? weeks. Mr. W. A. Fraser. man a pus ■■•■.rector': of the rimpici. iravf '■■irroliorativc e\"idence. Wnen the Court resumed this morn ■■■>;in--" for c-ri' .nucd hi-