DEVONPORT ROADS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 249, 20 October 1922, Page 7

DEVONPORT ROADS.

KFKI-α T ON MOTOR ills S! , KINGS.' Mr. W. R. M.-Kciin. S..M. pr.iv,. ju.lg-; ment yosterdJiy uitcrnoon in a case urging <uit of repair- to oi;c uf thi< iiu.-cs limning at Uevonpurt. 1 nc N I'h'd-.'ii Engineering Co. [.Mr. t. A. llernmni snc.l \i. L. Williiiins. proprietor of a Guy motor [μ-mtcct in.i- i.\lr. Riidil) to recover illii In, li for r.-pa\r~ elloclpd I ' j tiie bus. The item,- m-ip making two ' rear -prine- ;,l £11 cacii. £Ji: alterationj to the rear s-prinjj, 1.! 11l : lu-s rif tun. , . J etc. i2l).{i. A connter-claim "as ! entered to £•-"> for .iamniTPi alleged to l.ivc been Mi-iained. by liic . b'.i-'by reason of and uii-|-kilfnl workmanship ot the plaintilN in ■ endeavouring to effect ■•■■pairs tlu'r<M ■. I Defendant said the were n,, I]-- , •V>ecaueo the top lesif flattened out. lie thought it wa- too weak. After tin-sprins-s were recon-ft ruetcd they were, ■ Mr. MeKean paid the or > of isliib- ' lishing that a guarantee «;i- given waon the defendant. Hi- Wov-hiii ad.le.l: "It seems improbable that iinvoue cou'.l be fn-und to guarantee ,prinys for »-c on the Devpnport rond. I m:i-t therefore, find defendant ha- ivu e-taMl-' ed that a piiarantcc « friv.n. '!!i<> duty of the plaintiff wa- to -upply springs fit for the purpose f---r whi.-i they were intended." Hi- Woi-hip -aid he "was unable to ;i.-<-. pt tb- evidence of defendant that because of the way in which the spring werr .-oii-triict-fl there war- no fleMnij in ihrm. A« to the counter claim, Mr. M Koaii -ail it had not been prove! that the dflimige to the sprinc: bracket »»• caused hy i the fitting nf the >prinff- made by p'ainj titTs. He would, therefore, nonsuit the defendant on the ■ounirr-clsMu -'tnl give I judgment for the plaintiff- for the full amount claimed, w>l h on both claim and counter claim.