INJURY TO CHILD
A PARENT'S CLAIM. BOARDINGHOUSE-KEEPEHS SUED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. A very unusual case was before the Supreme Court when W. C. Irwin, bookbinder, sued Thomas and Ada Hannah, boardinghouse-keepcrs, for damages on account of injuries received by his infant son, aged 17. months. Plaintiff and his wife and child were boarding at Otaki in January, 1924, witli defendants. One day while the child's mother was preparing a bath for him he went into the yard and trod on some hot ashes, and his feet were so severely burned that a number of operations were required, and in the end all his toes had to be" removed. It was stated that hospital expenses of £lsl "were incurred, and besides this £750 was also claimed as special damages, on the ground that defendants should have kept the yard in a fit and safe condition. For the defence -it was claimed that the child being an infant was in custody of its mother, and it was her business to keep him "out of danger; also that it was implied in the term of contract for board and lodging that the child would be taken only so long as its parents guarded it. Judgment was reserved.
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Waikato Times, Volume 101, Issue 16948, 10 November 1926, Page 7
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