JUDGMENT DEFERRED

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 38, 14 February 1931, Page 6

JUDGMENT DEFERRED

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On counsel for the plaintiffs;. May Hannai and Gwenyth Jenkins, laundry assist,-" ants, of Wellington, moving fbi* judgw menl .after the jury had given a ferdicti foi' Miss Hanna of £09 8s special anil £350 general damages, and for Miss Jen» kins of £130 12s special, and £350 gcue< ral damages, ou. claims heard in thaj Supreme Court ngainst tlio 'Wellington; City Corporation, as a result of a col-« lision between a tratuear and a motor* car in Hataitai, the City Solicitor (Mr, J. O'Shea) moved for a non-suit, a new; trialj or judgment ..for the corporation. However, conditionally on Mr. O'Shea entering a motion -within seven days tho Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, moved, the matter direct into the Court of Appeal for argument. . ■■■ / , ... The hearing of the case ;was eohimenced oil Thursday* arid Concluded last evening. Mr. W...Perry.acted for Miss Hanna, and Mr.' S. F. Stewart, for Miss. Jenkins, and associated with the City Solicitor was . the assistant City Solicitor (Mr; J, ; LocKie). The jury retired at 3.30 p.m. and re« turned at 0.10 p.m., after having con* siilercd issues that had been put to them. The jiirj- found that tlie tiamcar" was driven at an excessive speed, and that thiit wns a factor in bringing about tho collision. A rkler tfas iidtled that the moloMiian in not observing the instruct/ tions on "the si.en: "lAtotovmen ring—slow* down," filft from the in terser:! ion wherel tlie acrident, .happened was gnilfy of minon)' contributory negligence.