COLLISION CLAIM.
DAMAGES AWARDED.
MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL,
(By Telegraph.—PreßS Association.)
WELLINGTON, Thursday.
A eeaman named John Cameron, commonly known as John Brown, was awarded £1)40 damages in the Supreme Court to-day in a claim against Elsie Edith Brenkley, owner of a motor truck, and Evan Critchley Bronkloy, driver. The action arose out of a collision between the plaintiff's motor cycle and defendant's motor truck, when Cameron received a fractured leg. As the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) was. about to enter judgment, Mr. Parry moved for judgment for the defendants. The Chief Justice: On what grounds? Mr. Parry: On grounds that the jury could not have brought in a verdict for the plaintiff on the evidence before them. The Chief Justice: That means a new trial. Your submission is against my direction to the jury. Mr. Parry said he was not prepared to plead his reasons at that stage, and the Chief Justice granted him until Tuesday next to place a motion before the court.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 121, 24 May 1935, Page 9
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