THAT TRENTHAM GOLF CASE.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXII, Issue 63, 16 March 1910, Page 4

THAT TRENTHAM GOLF CASE.

VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT. The case in which Frank M. Leslie and Irene M. L. Leckie claimed £786, medical expenses and damages from Dr E. Rawson, for injuries done Mrs Leckie, while defendant was swinging 'his golf club, concluded yesterday before his Honor the Chief Justice and a special jury of twelve. A quantity of evidence was ta*ken, including that of defendant and plaintiff, also the medical evidence of Dr M'Gavin.

His Honor summed up at considerable length, and after the jury had visited the scene of the 'accident a verdict was returned for the defendant.

.Evidence was given by J. B. MacFwan, Arthur Duncan, Albert Abbott, William Handyside, and W. E. Parsonsj ail members of the Wellington Golf Club. Their evidence was that a player had the right.to swing his club at the tee after looking once to see that nobody was in the way. After he had done that, the onus in case of accident was on any one approaching the player on the teeing ground. After addresses by counsel and-the summing'up of the Chief Justice, the jury left for the links at Heretaunga in taxicabs, to see for themselves the •location of the teeing ground where the accident occurred. On returning, they gave a verdict for the defendant. The issues were- answered as' follows :

(1) Did Mrs Leckie sustain the injuries mentioned in the statement of claim ? —Yes.

(2) Did Mr Leckie properly incur the expenses mentioned in the statement of claim ■> —Yes. ~> (3) Was the defendant guilty 4f negligence?— No. ' *

(4) Was Mrs Leckie guilty of negligence ?—Yes.

(5) What damages (if any) are the plaintiffs entitled to?—(a) Mrs Leckie?— Nil. (b) Mrs Leckie ?^-Nil.