INJURED MAN
CLAIM AGAINST MOTOR- COY. FAILS. (By Telegraph—Press Association). AVELLTNGTON, November 6. Frederick George Everson’s claim against the Canadian Knight and Whippet Motor Coy for £lOl3 damages arising out of bis being struck b,\ a motor car driven along the Ilutt Road by one Campbell, a friend who was picked up by the company’s salesman, named Brown, while the latter was t a sing the car for delivery to a buyer named Urquhart. failed, the plaintiff being non-suited. Air Justice Alaegregor said that it was a. main doctrine 1 of law that an a.gent .could not ,delegate authority without instructions. ’l'llis was quite clear. There was no evidence to show that the driver was a servant or agent of, tlie company. The plaintiff bad not proved that there was any case to go before a jury, lie regretted the result, for more than one reason, and especiallv in view of the plaintiff’s injuries.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1929, Page 6
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