TROUBLE AT SAYES COURT
DAMAGES, AGAINST, PROPIUETRESS
Yesterday afternoon Wring of .the action brought by Mrs Margaret Jane Calverl against the proprietress of Sayes Court" boardinsrliouse.' Mrs. M. E. Louis Smith, claiming damages for assault, was concluded before Mr. E. Page, S.M., at tho Macis'.rate's Court. Messrs. 0. 11. and A. : C. ,L,'.' Treadwell appeared for tlie plaintiff, and Mr. D. M. Findlav defended. The e:isu was partially heard sorno three weeks ago, when all tho evidence for plaintiff was taken. In short, plaintiff allesed that Mrs. Smith had subipct'Rci hei' to <i violent assault, whorcUv she was injured and incapacitated, and she. sought to recover damages amounting to ,£150.' . Yesterdav afternoon tho defendant, who has besn indisposed to' some time, gave evidence repudiating the allegations ot plaintiff. She contended -that sho had merely pushed plaintiff, and not struck her. as was alleged. . The' Masristrate.- after, reviving the. evidence, said that there was. not sufficient provocation to justify such an assault. The assault was a serious one. as evidenced by rthe medical testimony. Judgment would be for plaintifl for jCSo 7s. .3d., and costs amounting to ilO 106.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 144, 13 March 1920, Page 6
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188TROUBLE AT SAYES COURT Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 144, 13 March 1920, Page 6
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