DEATH OF HUSBAND
Woman Awarded £3025 Damages Dominion Special Service. PALMERSTON N„ May S. A jury in Hie Supreme Court awarded Marjorie Weir Way, widow, Levin, £3025/4/6, the full amount claimed, as damages for tlie loss of her husband, who was killed in a motor accident near Levin on July 17. 1939.
A car in which her husband, Bertie Rupert Way, garage proprietor, Levin, was being driven by Joseph Henry John Hayfield, ran into tlie back of an unlighted lorry standing on the road a few miles out of Levin. Tlie lorry was owned by Brian Leslie Everton, stock dealer, and at the time was in the charge of Thomas Gerard and Alexander Marchant, both of Levin, who were cited as defendants. B. R. Way, Ltd., garage proprietors. Levin, were joined as a third party, but tlie jury’s verdict absolved them from any liability. The jury found that, all the negligence was on defendant’s side.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 191, 9 May 1940, Page 10
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155DEATH OF HUSBAND Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 191, 9 May 1940, Page 10
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