VALUE OF A MARE.
OWNERS CLAIM £6OO. AWARDED £loo.' CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. Whether a trotting mare, Florrie Huon, which was killed in a street collision last year, was worth £6OO, as the two owners claimed, or was clear at £SO, as the defendant in the case contended, was a question that a jury was asked to settle in the Supreme Court this afternoon. Frederick Martin, of Christchurch, press agent, and Maurice O'Connell, of Tai Tapu, saddler, claimed from Maurice Kenrick Whale, of Christchurch, clerk, £6OO as damages arising from a collision on November 2, 1927, between a motorcar driven by the defendant and a mare and gig driven by Frank Needham, as the result of which the mare had to be destroyed. Defendant admitted negligence, but disputed the value placed on the mare, and paid into Court £IOO, which he contended was enough to satisfy the plaintiffs' claims. Judgment was given for plaintiffs for £IOO, the amount paid into Court, with costs for the issue of the writ, £6 4s, all other costs being given for the defendant.
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Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17492, 28 August 1928, Page 8
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177VALUE OF A MARE. Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17492, 28 August 1928, Page 8
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