A WHANGAREI APPEAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 230, 28 September 1922, Page 7

A WHANGAREI APPEAL.

HORSES SHY AT BRIDGEWORXcj LOWER COURT CLAIM FAILS. MAGISTRATE'S DECISION UPHELD. The responsibility of local bodies i, r bridge-builders lo 'dear up debris in , ench a manner as to avert any trouble : with regard *o passing traffic.' was the point involved in an appeal heard by \ Mr. .Justice Hcrdman at the Supreme Court to-day. ' In the Lower Court at Whangarei in ] Soptemher the magistrate (Mr. E. W. j' Kuri.in) had given judgment for defen-il dants (the Whangarei County Council) ' in connection with a claim for £50 dam- 1 uges for loss of horse and harness 't brought by .John C. McKay, farmer. 11 Waipii. The unit had alleged that the county council was liable through its t servants or agents in removing for re i pairs wheel guards from the bridge at North Ttiver Kond and failing tv replace same; also, with leaving a heap of timber and debris on the public highway al ' the end of the bridge, canning plain- ! i\et'» horses to take Flight, tho damn S o ( alleged being the res\ilt. The magis-I' trtile had held that plaintiff's Wrsos 1 shied at the new planks on the bridge and not at the pile of wood and debris ' referred to. < Aftnr henrinc jlt. Andrrson for nppel ' lant and Mr. Richmond for respondent, 1 his Honor said there was no srround ; for dieturbing the magistiate's decision. , Costs amounting to £7 7 ' were , awarded respondent.