A DEADLY CHIMNEY
it is usually the landlord who complains of his tenants, hut a Paris lady has reversed the usual conditions by suing her landlord for IOO.CCO francs “damages for the -moral and- material' prejudice caused hv a defective c-him.-rey.” ' Tlic v .story. .dates ..back to 15)24 v. lien the lady was -.taken ill. and blamed the ■ chimi'ov. ' "Medical men, toxologica! and chemical' experts were oiled in. and finally an architect was engaged to reconstruct a part of the house. Idle lady returned, expecting a comfortable home, but once more was taken ill. In order to prove her case slto brought guinea pigs and canaries into the home and they"-promptly tool; si-k. and . died. . Xmv. she- is goiu- r<> Court with her story of the poisonous chimney.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1931, Page 3
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128A DEADLY CHIMNEY Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1931, Page 3
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