SUPREME COURT.
fcltlL SITTINGS. „ , . ..Tins Da*. (iiefbHi hi« llrinodr tho GMo'f Jiirttico.) tmvm v. ti/e otaKi boao board. v Claim by Margaret Wury Smith, wife of William Smith,, a Chinese farmor of Otaki, for .£2OO daiaago.i. , . ><My. B,roivii appeared for. tho plaintiff, and Mr. .Chapman for tho dofo/idant Board. . ft" 0 PiWntiff'P cttS o vvaß.tliatjpn the night qr Ih6 iOtfi oj atttrohlttiitj fltjbf/ill orbr iiboi6'ulvert, which tho dofemfaiit Board nad left Uncovered, aid projecting abovo tho boaton footpath, in construotirig the road that jmssoH the Jubilee Hotql, and in conee^uenoo broke onri of tho small bones of Jiar leg. By way of compensation for tho injuries thus Sustained, and for tho expense incurred in Surgical attendance, and in tho employment Qf other, persons to perform hor domestic autios, she. claimed X2OO damages. ■ Tito aefentianta. iii their Htatemont of '/efoiico; doiilcd" tHat there wa\ any nogliKunco in tho construction of ill;! fcillvert, or that it was loft in a coLdition divngorolis to passongors. They also denied that thoy hod control over tho road, and alleged contributory ncgligonco on tho part of tho plaintiff, inasmuch an slio was nwnro of tho Htato of tlio road, «nd hnd slio pxoroisod ordinary euro tho accident could not havo happened. ... [Loft sitting,]
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Evening Post, Volume XLII, Issue 129, 27 November 1891, Page 3
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207SUPREME COURT. Evening Post, Volume XLII, Issue 129, 27 November 1891, Page 3
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