NO CASE FOR JURY
COMPENSATION CLAIM SEQUEL TO FATAL MOTOR COLLISION. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, Nov. 3. Mr Justice Ostler in the Supreme Court to-day, decided in the claim of Agnes Lilian Smith for £3OOO damages against the City Corporation in respect of the death of her husband, Victor Smith, that there was no case to go before a jury. Smith died as the result of head injuries sustained in a collision between a motop-car driven by James Hargreave, of which he wa» an occupant, and a corporation milk waggon driven by Patrick O’Gorman. Plaintiff alleged negligence on the part of O’Gorman in cutting a corner, having no lights, being on the wrong side of the road, and not keeping a proper lookout. The judge said plaintiff had not proved her case and he considered that Hargreave was guilty of negligence for driving at the speed ho did with poor lights and without his wind-screen wiper working.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19989, 4 November 1927, Page 7
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157NO CASE FOR JURY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19989, 4 November 1927, Page 7
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