PACER GORED
SUIT BY OWNER [Fsr UTxrrxo Pskss Association. T AUCKLAND, September 11. An qction arising out of the loss of the pacing gelding Silver Bingen,, which, it was: alleged, had to be destroyed after it had been gored by a dangerous bull belonging to the defendant, was heard in the Magistrate’s Court, when the owner of the horse, Mrs I. E._ Sweetapple, claimed £152 damages, including £2 2s veterinary, surgeon’s fee, from Hugh Hedley, farmer, of Auckland. In her statement of claim the plaintiff said that Silver Bingen had been delivered to the defendant on April 13, and in return for caring for the horse he was to receive ;5s a week.' It was alleged that, owing to the defendant’s negligence, the horse was attacked by a bull in the same paddock, with, the result that the horse had to be destroyed, on May 22. The defence Was that there had been no contract between the plaintiff and ■the. defendant, and that the defendant was not guilty of negligence. The case' was adjourned until tomorrow.
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Evening Star, Issue 21823, 12 September 1934, Page 13
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176PACER GORED Evening Star, Issue 21823, 12 September 1934, Page 13
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