CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
Per Press Association
Gbeymouth, July 15,
At the District Court to-day before Judge Haselden and a jury of four the hearing commenced of a claim for .£SOO damages by Walter Soott and Catherine Scott against Hugh Caseidy, coach proprietor, for the death of their infant child caused by a coach accident on the OtiraChristchurch Road. The case for plaintiff lasted all day. Evidence was in the direction of stating that coach was not strong enough several portions of the broken coach being produced in Couit. It was stated it was " dozed " or had dry rot. Davis, a former driver of Cassidy & Co. for 16 years, attributed the accident to unskilful driving. The case will be resumed to-morrow and ia likely to last the whole day.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 162, 16 July 1907, Page 5
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128CLAIM FOR DAMAGES Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 162, 16 July 1907, Page 5
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