FALL DOWN CELLAR
JURY’S VERDICT UPSET,
Per Prew* Aew>cinHcn.
CHRISTCHURCH, October 24. The verdict of the jury awarding Robert Eagle £375 damages for injuries sustained bv falling into a cellar in the Grand Picture Theatre, was upset by Mr Justice Sira to-day. The Judge 6aid that it was defendant’s duty to protect plaintiff, but this did not extend to the whole of the theatre, but trly to the parts to which plaintiff might reasonably be expected to go in the belief that he was entitled or incited co go. Plaintiff ought to have realised wlieu he opened the door and found the room in darkness, that he had no right to enter. Instead he elected to go into darkness, and was rot entitled to complain of any concealed danger. He walked in at his own peril. There was no evidence of negligence on the part of defendant. Judgment was entered for the defendant.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11659, 25 October 1923, Page 7
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