CLAIM AGAINST CROWN
RAILWAY PASSENGER INJURED
(PBESS ASSOCIATIOH TILXGEA.it.)
INVERCARGILL, November 15,
In the Supreme Court to-day before his Honour Mr Justice Kennedy and a jury, Thomas Robert Edwin Moss, a labourer, of Morton Mains, claimed from the Crown £355 special damages, and £I6OO general damages, for injuries received on October 14, 1936, when he was a passenger on an express train between Woodlands and Balclutha. Mr G. J. Reed, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that his client had been preparing to wave to his fiancee when the train was passing through' Morton Mains station, and his hand was caught by the tablet exchanger and severely torn. By statute claims in such cases against the Crown were limited to £2OOO, said counsel. After hearing the evidence for the plaintiff, the Court adjourned until tomorrow. „ ,
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22251, 16 November 1937, Page 5
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