DAMAGES £1250.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 595, 25 August 1909, Page 7

DAMAGES £1250.

ACTION AGAINST UNION COMPANY. IBy Tclesr&Bh.-Pres* Brlsbano, August 24. Mr. TJnjtt, an engineer, hns been awarded £1250 damages in his action against tho Union Company for injuries caused by spars supporting an awning falling on lu'ra whilo travelling on the Manuka from Brisbane to Canada. i

;■.*:'■'■ /THE CLA|M{AND DEFENCE: :. :'The: case was •'brought in ' the -Queensland bupreme Court, before Mr. Justice Ileal and a 1 jury or four. The plaintiff, John, Piiitt, an fengmeer,, claimed the" sum .of 'ASM- as' damages from the Umon Steam Ship Company ofUew Zealand, Ltd.,: for alleged breach of, cbntra'ct m * : & P^ n ?W ■'-!?*'•■ t ho \i>' r wiw' a fe m^-? f il a i m ' out that oillay 12,; 19DES, the plaintiff looked a: passage frouV Brisbane to Ijntish. Columbia, via Honolulu, whetwalking the '-steamer'/ deck was iriiureti by the spars used* for the purppav of eiibnoft: alleged f that. the • rottou■': and Unitih^LA^Jk 1 MWW '« Caused, by the defendant's having neglected' to provide spars reasonably fit for tno; purpose hi which they ...were to beiwd and suitable for enooun'i r ]?L th r Is -P■ th V ea - »*■'■»*• having omitted ■■ to : take down the "avrniW durinir' a SUftei I*61* 6 ""prnatire it ias alleged rtattbe.plaintiff was, in ured by the ereotW da& & g i n a , TO}'*™*' manner, he Plaintiff having bean knocked down: with vloM * left shoulder,, left fJ'ffV, knee/were severely:..'injured:-' and his . wholoi nervous system- refceiTef a EVero Suva.and was in the hospital there for several months, ■ and eubwementfy. whaobliged, to reoblLd. B rtS : " 6 ■»"«««}:««' I* M»d beet pbhged' to undergo, several, .operations, and Jas permanently in ured. He claimed snecial trom May dl to November 16n908; (2) .£lO re■fund oh faro paid, ~(3) M hotel '&ar|sW lpdgjngsj (4) & 7 fctM .fare from. Swatn Btisbaneihnd (5) ASOOO dam^v"x a * It Was slTn B a , Beni » i: °f. the:a|i; ga ii o ' n ' s ; iLt • i ■ ». at t he Parage agreement'was 'ESW In th? , tll *S t ' &t"the "com Pany. by .-reason «f tW agreement wa*-«emot lab J ltT - The d held tSt til ffi ] JlW a -o. f -,«?)• fe» caused by an nnusnalll high; aud heavy-sea coming' on board the sterner and; breaking and carrying aWwma q? the; awning spars ..supporting: the LS mentioned in the claim, '«mie' If tftt»'SKl tha piaiatiff. whc^^ •the plaintiff, in reply, said that.if the ticket deS e T' ,« CoDthtio,ls or: «?dationi (which he' he ticke : ' . aDy ,V " fin S or P rintin 2 ««