RUNAWAY MOTOR-CAR
GUARDIAN CLAIMS £1,063 FOR INJURED WARD INTERFERENCE ALLEGED Press Association WELLINGTON. Today. In the Supreme Court William James Gibson, as guardian of Leila Woods, aged 15, is claiming £1,063 damages. While walking along Devon Street last October the girl was struck by a runaway car owned by defendant and knocked through a fence and the locked door of a house, receiving serious injuries.
The defence denies any negligence in respect to the parking of the car. counsel suggesting that interference took place. Mr. Parry, for the plaintiff, however, anticipating the defence that the car moved 25 minutes after being parked, said defendant had just motored from Masterton and the brakes would be warm and hold till they cooled.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 966, 8 May 1930, Page 10
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