CLUTHA RIVER WORKS
PARMER GETS .£SOO FOR FLOOD DAMAGES.
By Teleer'apli—Press Association Dunedin,, February 25. Tho Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) delivered judgment to-day m the case brought bv George Aitcheson against the Bruce County Council, c-aimiug damages and an- injunction for injury done te his land through flooding of the riuthv River owing, it was alleged, to works undertaken by the council to carry off.flood TTfi tors. His Honour hek' that these works could have been performed in other ways, and so that plaintiff's property would not have been injured. There was neglect on the part of defendants in that nothing was done for months lo remedy the damHis Honour fixed damages at .£SOO, with. costs. He said he would reserve the right to move for an injunction, but Mr.. Adams (for plaintiff) said that this plea had been abandoned.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 130, 26 February 1920, Page 4
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141CLUTHA RIVER WORKS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 130, 26 February 1920, Page 4
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