AN INTERESTING POINT.
A Lunatic's Liability.
[per press association]. Auckland, This day
In the case of James Brennan v. James Donahy, arising out of the Onehunga shooting case, in which plaintifl was badly wounded by the defendant, the jury found that defendant was a lunatic at the time he shot Brennan, but that plaintiff was entitled to £750 damages from the defendant for injuries received. Argument is proceeding on the question, " Can damages be recovered from a lunatic ?"
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9824, 25 July 1900, Page 8
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78AN INTERESTING POINT. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9824, 25 July 1900, Page 8
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