CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
Damages amounting to £097 7s Od were claimed by a shop assistant, Myrtle Alice Schlicrike, in an action she brought against a baker, of Palmerston North, George Steel, in the Supreme Court at Palmerston North yesterday, the claim being the outcome of an accident in the Square on the evening of May t). Mr. Justice Ostler was on the bench. After the hearing of lengthy evidence the jury returned with a verdict for plaintiff for £526 19s, assessing special damages as £l4l 19s, and general damages as.£3Bs. The entering of judgment was withheld until this morning to enable His Honour to hear legal argument on the question of a nonsuit- raised by counsel for the defence, who submitted, during the hearing of the ease that there was no evidence of negligence to go to the jury.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3790, 10 May 1928, Page 2
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139CLAIM FOR DAMAGES Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3790, 10 May 1928, Page 2
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