CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
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(Per United Ptrsf Association.)
WELLINGTON, July 1. The "Appeal .Court is " engaged today hearing motions for non-suit and judgment for defendant, .or in the alternative for a new trial in the case of Catherina Lena Broad v., the. King. ■/.-." The trial of the action took place at Wanganui. The claim was for .£2OOO damages for compensation for the death of her husband/ who was killed while riding a motor cycle, by a collision with the Wellington-New Plymouth express at a level crossing" on the Wellingtonß oad 1 , MartonIt was alleged, : and the jury found,/ that the accident which caused the dealth was the result "of the negligence of the Railway Department, and the jury found for the total v amount claimjgd. , The Solicitor-General appears for the Crown, and Mr C. B. Collins and '■ Mr Broad for the supplicant. Argument is proceeding.
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Grey River Argus, 2 July 1914, Page 8
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148CLAIM FOR DAMAGES Grey River Argus, 2 July 1914, Page 8
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