CLAIM AGAINST MOTORISTS.
£964 DAMAGES ALLOWED, (jpea United Fbxss Akbociatiqk.}
HAMILTON, August 21In the Supreme Court Alfred Jones claimed £2OOO from John Russell and his young son, Michael Russell, for injuries received as the result of a motor accident. - Evidence was given that plaintiff was being driven in a motor «ir, when Russell, jun., driving a car belonging to his father, crashed into the first car, with the result that plaintiff suffered total loss of his ’ right Land and partial loss of the use of his right arm. The jury returned a, verdict that the boy was not guilty o| negligence, but was acting in the capacity of servant or agent; that the father was guilty of negligence in allowing his son to use the car and cans© the injury. Plaintiff was awarded £864 general damages and £IOO special damages. ■*
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19257, 22 August 1924, Page 7
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