A TRAIN ACCIDENT
£250 DAMAGES AAYARDED A VICTIM. Press Association. AVELLINGTON, Dec. 9. His Honor Mr. Justico Button and a special jury to-day heard a case in which Richard Elliott, a baker, sued the City Council for £SOO for injuries received in a train accident on Brooklyn lino last May. The Council had paid £65 into Court in satisfaction of plaintiff’s claim. Tho Council contended that tho plaintiff was exaggerating liis injuries. . The jury awarded £250. A new trial is to bo moved for on tho ground that tho damages given by the jury aro cxcessivo.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2059, 10 December 1907, Page 3
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96A TRAIN ACCIDENT Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2059, 10 December 1907, Page 3
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