CANTERBURY.
By Telegraph.—Press Association,
A CUSTOMER INJURED IN A DEAPERY SHOP. Christchurch, June 0. Tho Supremo Court was occupied to-day with tho case of Pyno and wife v. Black, Beattio and Co., a claim of .£3OOO damages for injuries sustained by' Mrs Pyno in October last. Mrs Pyno was in Messrs Black, Beattie and Co.’s drapery shop making a purchase, when a roll of coooanut matting fell through the well on tho first floor and struck her. She sustained an injury to tho spinal cord, and complete paralysis below the seat of the injury. The case was heard before Mr Justice Denniston and a special jury of twelve, and tho jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, and awarded £2OO damages to the husband and £IOO to the wife.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2529, 7 June 1895, Page 2
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