DAMAGES REDUCED
CHIEF JUSTICE’S DECISION [ Per Press Association. I WELLINGTON, Aug. 3. Expressing the opinion that special damages for los., of goodwill ard hi* or crops came under the head’ng of general damages, the Chief Justice, Bir Michael Myer?, in a reserved decision delivered in the Supreme Court to-day reduced by £2OO lhe amount of damages awarded by a jury to Charie? John Dully, dairy farmer, of Makars who was knocked down by a railwa. ’bus in Thcrndcn Quay on Beptember 5
As a result of the Chief Justice’s decision, Dulfy w'ili now’ receive £1066 Bs, which comprises £B5O general and £216 8s special damages.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 181, 5 August 1935, Page 8
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105DAMAGES REDUCED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 181, 5 August 1935, Page 8
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