SEQUEL TO MOTOR COLLISION
Plaintiff Awarded Damages After njaking reference to the coixfliet of evidence, Mr J. Miller, S.M-, gave his decision in favour of tlie -plaintiff in the action brought in tho Hastings Magistrate's Court to reeover daijiages resulting from a motor cpJJision. Tho case began on Friday morning. Tho collision topk place on the- Hastings Maraekakaho road on December 2u, 1936. Tlie plaintiff was Broughton David Edwards, fariner, of Brfdge Pa, (Mr E. J. W. Hallett) who claimed £57 12/11 damages to his car, aUeged. to have heen caused tlirough Willium Eichmoud of W. Richmond LtL, stock buyers, Hastings, (Mr Selwyn Averill) driving at an excessive speed and faillng to kecp a proper look-oqt, A counter claiin for £33 15/6 was eixtei*ed, on the giounds tjbat tho accident was due to tiio uegligent driving of Edwards. Lengthy evidence was heard, tlie case lasting nearly all day, and the scene of tho collision was later iuspected by the Magistrate. The decision was given in favour oi Edxvards in both the claim and the counter-clainj. On tho ciaitn, plaintifi was allowed costs amouxxting to £9*4/6,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBHETR19370913.2.31
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 203, 13 September 1937, Page 4
Word Count
185SEQUEL TO MOTOR COLLISION Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 203, 13 September 1937, Page 4
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in