A COMPENSATION CASE
WYXDHAM PARTIES, x»ec rsrox r;es kr v ed. < Per United Press Association. ) DU X El.) IX. December 23. The Arbitration Court to-day heard the compensation claim. Dougherty v. Milne, claim for C.MKi in connection with the death of plaintiffs husband at: Wyndham, on April X 1 PC-ceased had been comniisisoned by Milne. his employer. to inspect a horse with a view to purchase, and while walkiny atony the railway line on li is way to inspect the animal lie was struck by an engine •ml killed. The defence contended that the accident did not arise out of deceased's employment, and that the act Of the deceased in walkiny on the railway line was obviously danyerous and unnecessary'. The Court expressed the opinion that the accident arose in the course of deceased's employment, but Aaclslon was reserved.
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Southland Times, Issue 17225, 21 December 1912, Page 6
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139A COMPENSATION CASE Southland Times, Issue 17225, 21 December 1912, Page 6
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