SAFETY ZONE COLLISION.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 212, 8 September 1925, Page 15

SAFETY ZONE COLLISION.

OIAIM BY A MOTORIST. QUESTION' OF LIABILITY. JUDGE RESERVES DECISION. m.. case in ch Leonard John „2a (Mr. Beckerleg) claimed from Jftewmarket Borough Council (Mr tLi and the Auckland City Council «rocker) £135 damages in respect of ?ta2rto W« car ™ s concludcd before TfJce Alpers in the Supreme rnurfc yesterday afternoon. It wi SSed br the plaintiff that a collision ■Tt .afetr zone in Broadway, New™«ket on the night of May 0. 1924, S L car because the road, which was SSX repair, had not been finished. Evidence was given yesterday by John Stewart Frank Edward Powell Andrew Banna, 'Samuel Hanna and Ambrose XS the three latter witnesses stating that the road was such that an accident would not have been unexpected At this stage Mr. Cocker applied for . nonsuit on hehalf of the Auckland City Council, submitting . that the liability, if anv > rested on the !NeW " ri-pt Borough Council. m ATr Beckerleg contended that the City Touncil ™s Hable for an >' daJl " er Lated on the tramway tracks, and was responsible for the lighting of any obSb m Tong submitted that the Borough rouncil had constructed the roadway in an approved style, and had taken every precaution. , His Honor reserved judgment.