£1000 DAMAGES.
COLLISION AT A LEVEL CROSSING. (By Telegraph—Frees Association.) Auckland, August 17. A verdict for tlio full amount claimed was given by tile jury yesterday in tho case in. wliidli Dudley Bruco IJill, slicepfarmcr, of Tern Hill, Hawkc's Bay, sued tho Railway Department for iIOOO. damages, its the result of injuries received in a collision between a motor-cur and a locomotive at Kauk&pakipa level crossing oil tho Eelonsviilo line, on January U. Plaintiff alleged that tlio Department had beau negligent in the upkeep of the crossing. Alter a retirement of two hours, tlio jury brought in a verdict for plaintiff, assessing the damages in rcspect of the injury at JJIOOO, tlho full amount claimed. Points of law to bo argued wuro reserved for tho Court of Appeal,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1831, 18 August 1913, Page 4
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128£1000 DAMAGES. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1831, 18 August 1913, Page 4
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