A DAMAGED CAR
MOTOR COMPANY'S LIABILITY | Reserved judgment was given by Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, in the case in which Berkeley Clarke, of 9, Lindrum terrace, sued Magnus Motors, Ltd., for £125 for alleged negligence in the driving of a steam car which had been placed with the defendant company for gratuitous storage and sale. The negligence alleged consisted of driving the car without seeing that it had sufficient water, in consequence of which a fire occurred which resulted in the destruction of the boiler. After reviewing the evidence, Mr. Riddell said, "Having regard to the whole of the circumstances, I do not think that the manner in which Grant (defendant company's salesman) handled the car falls short of the standard of care which law demands in such cases, and consequently his conduct was not such as to attach any liability to the defendant." Judgment was given for the defendant, with costs to scale. At the hearing Mi. E. Parry appeared for tho plaintiff, and Mr. W. B. Brown I for the defendant company.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 82, 17 October 1928, Page 13
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180A DAMAGED CAR Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 82, 17 October 1928, Page 13
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