A curious compensation ca,3e (says the European Mail") has juat been trieid in the Poulton Country Court. ! The; plaintifE, a lodging-house keeper at Blackpool sought to recover £50 from a person living in Mancheaier as compensation for lossesj sustained through the introduction of an infectious disease in the house. The ju^dge was satisfied '\ : that the defendant was liable—in other L 4 .words, that he had "imported" fever into '; ': the house, to the serious loss of the plaintiff and gave judgment for £48.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 92, 17 April 1880, Page 1
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82Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 92, 17 April 1880, Page 1
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