WIDOW AWARDED £750
ACCIDENT LEADS TO HUSBAND’S
SUICIDE
(By Telegraph —Press Association)
CHRISTCHURCH, November 28
The contention that her husband’s suicide was the outcome of an accident sustained during his employment by the Railway Department was the basis of a claim for £750 compensation heard at the Arbitration Court to-day. It was alleged by the suppliant, Margaret Taylor, that her husband became insane as the result of an accident in which lie was knocked down by a truck', ; suffering severe injuries," which were the - cause of his insanity." He 1 committed suicide on May 2,192 V '
There was a conflict of medical fffestimony, but the court held that the greater weight of evidence ; ’supported the., view.that the-insanity).-yes t)ve rejsuit of the accrdbiit. JAW boUrt*-gtfve judgment for the isuppjianf-jfor 5&750.,
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19291129.2.26
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1929, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
129WIDOW AWARDED £750 Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1929, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. 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 the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in