COLLISION CASE
AWARD OF £1259 DAMAGES
(By Telegraph .—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, This Day.
The hearing of a claim, for damages arising from a collision between a motor-cyclist and a stationary motorcar on the night of December 8 was concluded before Mr. Justice Fair and a jury in the Supreme Court yesterday. The claim was brought by Holford Stewart, aged 29, a tally clerk, against George Alfred Francis Hancock, a grocer.
The evidence showed that the plaintiff collided with the defendant's car, which was unlighted. The jury found for the plaintiff and awarded him £1000 general and £259 special damages. His Honour entered judgment accordingly.
Counsel for the defendant was allowed 14 days in which to move for a non-suit or to apply for a new trial.
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Evening Post, Issue 28, 1 August 1936, Page 13
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126COLLISION CASE Evening Post, Issue 28, 1 August 1936, Page 13
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