RUA FOLK LOSE CASE
LORRY DRIVER NOT TO PAY DAMAGES NEGLIGENCE NOT PROVED Exonerated of a charge of negligently driving a motor-lorry, which ran off the Te WhaitiRuatahuna Road in the early hours of the morning of January 27 last year, resulting in the deaths of two native passengers, a Maori woman being severely injured, Hugh McPherson, a Ruatahuna storekeeper, successfully defended claims for compensation in the Supreme Court yesterday. principal claimant was the Maori “prophet” Rua’s chief wife, Patu Ru, who sought £SOO damages for injuries, whilst three children of the natives who were killed asked for a total of £583. Certain claimants were eliminated by counsel for plaintiff before the jury retired, and the claims were reduced accordingly. After 25 minutes’ deliberation, the jury returned a verdict that McPherson had not been proved to be guilty of negligence. Judgment was therefore entered for the defendant, with costs.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 669, 22 May 1929, Page 1
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149RUA FOLK LOSE CASE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 669, 22 May 1929, Page 1
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