After hearing legal argument in the Supremo Court on Monday cn an application on behalf of John Alexander Holloway, of Wellington, labourer, for a new trial in his claim against Charles Richard Lamb, of Wellington, contractor, Mr. Justice Salmond reserved Ins decision. The plaintiff claimed £750 damages in respect of an injury alleged to have been caused while in the employ of tlje defendant. Ho was engaged in the construction of a house, and through the breaking away, of a derrick from the planks to which it was secured, and its tilting up, Holloway alleged that he was thrown down into the basement and received injuries to the lower part of his leg, necessitating his removal to the hospital. _______
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Dominion, Volume 17, Issue 288, 22 August 1923, Page 5
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