MILK-STANDS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE WHO ERECT THEM
According to a legal opinion obtained by the Wanganui Milk Treatment Corporation, milk stands are the responsibility of the people who preeted them. The corporation would not be liable if any accident occurred at a stand unless the corporation had done something to increase the danger that stand offered The corporation would, of course, be liable if any accident occurred through the negligence of any of its employees. The opinion, which was read at the monthly meeting of the corporation yesterday, was that there was no doubt in law that the erected stands constituted a nuisance on the highway, but there did not appear to be any clear authority covering the matter. The legal opinion was a sequel to a request by the directors of the corporation regarding liability for the stands, following lengthy consideration of this matter, partly with the Wanganui City Council, which in terms of the Milk Act, 1944, is the local milk authority. The directors agreed to make inquiries about the cost of a public risk insurance cover for the stands which are used jointly by the corporation and vendors.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 20 October 1949, Page 7
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192MILK-STANDS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE WHO ERECT THEM Wanganui Chronicle, 20 October 1949, Page 7
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