CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES.
JUDGMENT GIVEN BY CONSENT. (Pee United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, August 2. 1 When the Supreme Court sat this morning for the conclusion of a case in which a motor cyclist. Desire Stephaan, Sought £949 damages from James Frederick Lilley, with , whose car he had a collision in Kaiwarra Gorge, counsel for-the plaintiff announced that a settlement had been arrived at,. and asked for judgment by consent 'for £829, inclusive of costs. The Chief Justice ordered judgment to be entered . accordingly, remarking that he was satisfied that the settlement was fair and reasonable to both parties. DAMAGES AWARDED. (Per United Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., August 2. In the Supreme Court the jury awarded' Audrey Brook Taylor £330 damages for injuries suffered in a collision between a motor lorry owned by the Wellington Express Company and the car in which the plaintiff was a passenger. It was alleged that theaccident was due to tlic negligence _of the lorry driver., The plaintiff claimed £1039.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20786, 3 August 1929, Page 21
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164CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20786, 3 August 1929, Page 21
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