Libillty of Corporations.
(UNITED PBKBB iASSOOIATION) Ddnedik, Wednesday, This case of, Miller v. Corporation of Dtinedin, a ckiin of £500 for damages for injury received through the blasting at Dpwling street, was concluded to-day. Mr Justice Williams, m summing up, said that the Corporation were responsible, because the operations- were constructed on one of the street? of the city. The streets were vested m the Corporation, who controlled them. It was one of the powers of the Corporation to bring the streets to their proper level, and these operations, had been conducted partly for that purpose, and the persons at wdrfcnn the street had been appointed by the Corporation. Under these circumstances, the Government finding the naoaey'for the works did not shift the responsibility from the Corporation; A verdict was returned for £50, and the Judge 1 certified for costs on the lowest scale. .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1737, 18 June 1886, Page 2
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