NEGLIGENCE OF MOTORISTS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 240, 11 May 1933, Page 7

NEGLIGENCE OF MOTORISTS

o —— ! < Cause of Old Man's Death | i DAMAGES AWARDED j . : : Press Association—Copyright Wellington, May 10. That the death of Arthur John Ibbot- ! son, a builder aged' <P following an ac- ; i cident near the town hall in Decembei | j v/hs caused by the negligence of a motor- i cyclist and the driver of a motor-car ! was the view taken by the jury on the j issues put to it at the conclusion of the j trial in the Supreme Courl to-day. An j | action for compensation was brought on I j behalf of the widow, Ada Elizabeth lb- j j botson. The jury further held that Ibbot- j .sun was not guilty of contributory negli- J gence, and awarded £IOSO as compensa- j lion. j The defendants, were Lane- Godfrey j Edwin Barnes, motor-cyclist, and Tom 1 Gordon Gault, motor mechanic, owner I of the motor-car which at the time of the j ! accident was being driven by another , J man. j Mr. Justice Ostler said no would not j enter judgment in the meantime so as to i enable counsel for the defendants to go j j into the question of whether it was con- ! sidered worth while arguing a non-suit j j point further. i