BOY'S EYESIGHT DAMAGED.
CLAIM AGAINST GOVERNMENT. : A case bearing upon the law as- it relates: to the question ;of negligence ; ; was; decided: in ! Sydney last week, before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury of four, in a ! suit brought against the- State i Government on account of ■■?-. the alleged negligence of I ijhe headmaster of a public :i school. 7 Joseph Greenway Hole, suing as a,': next of; kin of Herbert Oliver . Hole, an infant, brought? an. action against James 1 Leslie Williams, nominal defendant on behalf of ■'■ the State ; Government/ .claiming £1000 compensation for injuries to eyesight. The teacher was preparing for ; a chemistry lesson, and he threw out diluted sulphuric acid : from' a tumbler, some of it hitting the boy Hole in the eye. V The jury returned - a verdict • for plaintiff, and assessed damages 1 "at £431' 9s. His Honor granted, a : stay of' proceedings. , > " r / - !
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14326, 23 March 1910, Page 5
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