AWARD OF £100 DAMAGES.
* j; A MOTORIST-S CLAIM. ] A claim for £135 damages, alleged to ' have been sustained as the result "of an nceident in Broadway, Newmarket, was ■ tlie subject of a 'reserved judgment delivered yesterday afternoon in the ! Supreme Court. Leonard John Patrick! (Mr. Beckerleg-) s«;ia:ht the amount' named from the Xewniarket Borough i Crunfil (Mr. Tong) and the Auckland , City Council (Mr. Cocker), alleging lhati his motor ear struck a safety zone%'hi]e the road was under reconstruction, there beine a straight edsre of concrete for a considcr-blc distance, which niarlc tli« road difficult to negotiate. Althomrh iherc vrus a conflict of evidence as to Ilia heisrht of the concrete above the trn.n trn-k. bis Honor found that as a fact r,t the position in dispute it was of such \ l-°;H-t as to be dangerous to (rallic wns. therefore, entitled to ■ '•(•cover from the Rorou.orh Council. llfc ', ffitjcr flisTTi«ised +hf nctjr.n aiyoinst th» tv Council. ,TiKlrrm n nt wan o-iven j itai"-=t the Xcv.-rr.arkct Borouffh Council ; "or £100. |1
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 216, 12 September 1925, Page 14
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170AWARD OF £100 DAMAGES. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 216, 12 September 1925, Page 14
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