SUPREME COURT
CIVIL SITTINGS. JUDGMENT BY CONSENT
Andrew Smith C'aakie and another sued the City Corporation, claiming £6OO compensation under the Compensation for Death Act, 1908, in respect to the death of his son, a telegraph messenger, who was electrocuted by coming in contact with a live wire in the Triangle. —Mr A. S. Adams appeared for the claimant.—Judgment was given by consent for £250 and costs, the amount recovered, after deducting the costs of the action, to be divided between the father and mother in equal shares.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18170, 15 February 1921, Page 8
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88SUPREME COURT Otago Daily Times, Issue 18170, 15 February 1921, Page 8
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