LOSS OF FUR COAT

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 17 October 1921, Page 4

LOSS OF FUR COAT

#~ . . RACING CLUB TO PAY. L A judgment of considerable interesi ■ to racing clubs was given by Mr. Page, , S.M., on Thursday at Wellington. Mrs. > Symons sued the "Wellington Racing . Club for the value .of a fur coat handed i in at the ladies' cloak room. A num- ; bered check was given for it,, but the » coat was not forthcoming when demand- , cd. The defence, was that reasonable ) care had been taken, and the public l had been notified that the club would 1 not be responsible for loss. J Mr. Page, however, he.ld it was the ' club's duty to safeguard the plaintiff's : property, and as this had not been don« : he awarded her £40 damages.