CLAIM FOR DAMAGES IS SEQUEL TO FATAL SMASH
Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, May 14. As a sequel to a fatal accident which ’ occurred on September 13 of last year ■ when a motor-car, driven by a youth : named Roy Rankin Wallace, collided ' with a baker's cart, driven by Andrew ! M’Beath, who died the next day as the : result of injuries received, a civil action • was commenced in the Supreme Court . before Mr Justice Kennedy and a jury . of twelve. ’ The plaintiff was the widow of de- ' ceased, Margaret M’Beath, who sought , to recover from Wallace (the driver) | and Fleming and Co, Ltd. (owners of , the car concerned in the accident) the . sum of £2500 as damages in respect of : the death of her husband. The jury returned a verdict for £I2SC damages, £750 of that amount to gc to the widow and £SOO to be divided equally among the children. Mr J. S. Sinclair (for Fleming and Co.) moved for a non-suit, while Mr W. Tait (for plaintiff) moved that judgment be entered in terms of the jury's finding. His Honor reserved his decision.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19070, 15 May 1930, Page 15
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