DAMAGES FOR CYCLIST
NEGLIGENT MOTORIST TO PAY £277 13/SEQUEL TO COLLISION (From Our Own Correspondent) HAMILTON. Friday. ' In the ease in which Albert Har- | greaves, carpenter, Paeroa (Mr J. F. ! Strang), sought to recover £343 13s damages from Percy Henry Saxton. | farmer. Tatuanui. and his daughter, Mrs. Eva Grace Bell (Mr. C. O. Mahj oney), concluded in the Supreme Court | before Mr. Justice Blair to-day. The : claim arose out of a collision on the Ta Aroha-Morrinsville Road, between | a motor-cycle plaintiff was riding and a car driven by Mrs. Bell. ; The jury found that Mrs. Bell had ! been guilty of negligence and that | plaintiff had been guilty of contribui tory negligence. The effective cause I of the injuries plaintiff received was attributed to Mrs. Bell. The jury held that Mrs. Bell was the agent of her father, the owner of the car. and awarded damages totalling £277 13s against both defendants. Judgment was entered accordingly.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 608, 9 March 1929, Page 5
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