CLAIM NOT GENUINE
MOTOR “ACCIDENT” SEQUEL JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT ( Per Prcsj Association ) WELLINGTON, Aug. 5. Judgment, in favour of defendant was given by Mr Justice Smith in the Supreme Court to-day in the case in which William Herbert Duncan claimed over £5OO from Thomas John Lueinskx for injuries allegedly received in a motor accident through alleged negli gei.ee on the part of Luvinsky. Counsel for plaintiff said he was prepared to accept a non-suir, as plainttiff had been advised that on the medical evidence it was not advisable for him to
Counsel for the defence said that the matter was treated in the first place as a genuine accident. Investigations disto accept a non-suit, as plaintiff had been associated together on various ocvasions. Also thev had been inmates together at the Mount Crawford prison. The insurance company was definitely of the opinion that the case nad been framed up between plaintiff and defendant. Duncan had a criminal record, and since the accident Tmcinsky had been declared n habitual criminal
After hearing counsel further, Mr Justice Smith said that the claim •could not be regarded as a genuine one, and entered judgment in favour of defendant.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 182, 6 August 1935, Page 8
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195CLAIM NOT GENUINE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 182, 6 August 1935, Page 8
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