DAMAGES AWARDED.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 17 July 1929, Page 5

DAMAGES AWARDED.

JUDGMENT IN HALL v. BRIGGS. At the E'lhhani Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Mr R. W. Tate, S.M., delivered his reserved judgment in the ease of Hall v. Briggs, in which, plain--1 tiff claimed £2OO damages as the result of a motor collision which occurred at the ELtliam-Hiuimter Road- intersection in December last. The sulbstainoe of Mr Tate’s written judgment, which briefly outlined the evidence already fully reported, is _as follows : “In my opinion, tile collision wialsi entirely attributable to the negligence of the defendant. As to damages, I find that the value of plaintiff’s car before the collision was £l9O and the' value after the collision (and after it had been partially repaired at a cost of £32 2s 6d) i s £75. I assess the special damages, as follows: Depreciation £lls, repairs £32 2s 6d, hospital expenses. £l4 19s 3d, medical expenses £1 Is, wages and keep of farmhand for five weeks £10; total, £173 2s 9d. I assess the general damages at the amount claimed (£SO). Judgment will be for plaintiff for £223 2s 9d, with costs £ls 13s 6d.”

Security for appeal was fixed at ten guineas.