CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
SEQUEL TO COLLISION. (by telegraph—press association.) WELLINGTON, May 23. Before Mr Justice Alpers and a jury of 12, a. claim is proceeding for damages as the result of a collision between a lady cyclist and a motor car. Tlie plaintiffs are David Simpson and his wife Mabel, and the defendants are Magnus Motors, tlie employers of H. Dickinson, the driver of the car. The wife claimed £145 5s special and £9OO general damages, and the husband £IOO damages and £46 8s expenses. It was alleged that Dickinson was travelling at an excessive speed, and did not keep proper control of the car.
The defence is a denial of the allegations.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 23 May 1927, Page 9
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113CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 23 May 1927, Page 9
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