LEVEL CROSSINGS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1432, 3 August 1915, Page 2

LEVEL CROSSINGS.

A decision regarding the liability of the Railway Department for

accidents on level crossings has been given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which has dismissed the appeal by the Crown in the case of the King v. Broad. On April t 6, 1913, Mr K. Broad, a well known resident of Marfon, was riding upon a motor cycle over a level crossing when he was struck by the New Plymouth express train and received injuries to which he succumbed next day. A claim for was made by his widow upon the Railway Department for negligently constructing the level crossing, and so causing the death of her husband. On the trial of the action before the Chief Justice at Wanganui, the jury of twelve (omul that the crossing had been negligently constructed, and that this negligence was the cause of the deceased’s death. From this verdict lire Crown appealed to tire Comt of Appeal, which, by a majority of four to one, upheld the verdict of tire jury. The Crown then appealed to the Privy Council, which has also upheld the original verdict. Mr Clavell Slater K C., and Mr Norlhcole (both of the lurgli'li Bar) appeared for the appellant, and Mr Rayner Goddard (also of the English Bar) for the respondent.