FIRE SPREADS TO BUSH
OWNER'S DAMAGES CLAIM SUM OF £2OO AWARDED [BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION"] NELSON, Thursday Judgment for £2OO with costs was given by -Mr. Justice Reed in the Supreme Court yesterday for Martin Maynard Johnson against Leonard Philip Russ in a civil claim for damages arising out of a bush fire in Sunrise Valley on January 20. Plaintiff, who claimed £I3OO, submitted that the fire , spread from _ a scrub fire on defendant's adjoining profjertv to a beech bush, 29i acred being Conflicting expert evidence estimated the damage from nothing to, the full amount or the claim. Giving his decision, the Judge said it was purelv a. question of fact. He was satisfied that the fire originated from burning scrub lit by defendant. Commenting on the conflicting evidence His Honor said he must take a shot in the dark in fixing the amount of damages, as there was no evidence to be relied upon.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21757, 23 March 1934, Page 11
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