DAMAGE BY FIRE.
ACTION" TO RECOVER £2000. (.By Telegraph.-Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON", this day. An action to recover £2000 lUmagel for alleged negligence was commences! in the Supreme Court yesterday and continued to-day before Mr. Justice Herdman and a jury. The plaintiffs wert Elsie S. Sciver and another, and tfc» defendants Ellis and Burnand. Messrfc Strand and Gordon appeared for ths plaintifTs. and Mr. MacDiarmid for tljj defendants. The case aro-c out "* damage done by lire to plaintiffs' la™ near Ongarue, plaintiffs' alleging that the fires were caused by sparks from tn9 defendants' bush tram engines. Th« defence was a denial of responsibility, or alternately, that if rcspoti-ible the damages were grossly exaggerated.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 142, 17 June 1922, Page 6
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