VERDICT AGAINST THE CROWN FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY ENGINE SPARKS.
Dunedin, This day. In the Supremo Court yesterday in the case of Dawson v. the Queen, in which plaintiff claimed £2000 for the destruction of his sawmill by fire caused by sparks from a passing engine, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £100. The case will probably go to the Court of Appeal.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3830, 25 October 1883, Page 3
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66VERDICT AGAINST THE CROWN FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY ENGINE SPARKS. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3830, 25 October 1883, Page 3
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