CLAIM SUCCEEDS.
£2000 DAMAGES AWAEDED. tUy Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Fatal injuries received by Henry Stent, shop assistant, aged 41. who was 1 knocked down by a motor car when cross!lis Jervois Quay on December 31,1 resulted in a claim for £2500 damages l>eing brought in the Supreme Court °by j his widow. Janet Scott Stent. " ■ 1 Liability was admitted by the insurance company concerned, hut not by the defendant. Frederick Collins Loo eh, motor salesman. As the company was the virtual defendant, the jury was asked to assess the damages, which it did. awarding plaintiff £2000. of whidi £200 is to be set aside for four years.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 184, 5 August 1936, Page 18
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108CLAIM SUCCEEDS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 184, 5 August 1936, Page 18
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