INJURED BY A SCAFFOLD.
EXPENSIVE NEGLIGENCE. CHRISTCHURCH, May 23. This morning, at the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Denniston gave his reserved judgment in the case of Robert Davidson v. Philip Walter Soanes, in which plaintiff claimed damages for injuries sustained through being struck by a falling scaffold pole negligently left standing by the defendant's servant. The case was heard before a jury, after whose verdict an application was made for a new trial. His Honor reviewed the facts of the case, and said that the pole had fallen while the scaffolding was being dismantled, but the case was complicated by_the fact that plaintiff had been employed by defendant in the work. The jury had found that the injury was caused by the personal negligence of the defendant in allowing the corner
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Otago Witness, Issue 2985, 31 May 1911, Page 3
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131INJURED BY A SCAFFOLD. Otago Witness, Issue 2985, 31 May 1911, Page 3
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