DAMAGES—COACH ACCIDENT.
The case Brett v. Young was argued before Mr Justice Richmond in Wellington on Wednesday last. The Post says:—This was a case in which the plaintiff claimed substantial damages from the defendant for injuries sustained by the plaintiff while travelling as a passenger from New Plymouth to Hawera in defendant’s coach. The parties had referred the question of the liability of the defendant and the amount of damages to arbitration. In the award the arbitrator found that the plaintiff had sustained damages by reason of the injuries and the expenses, the subject matter of the reference,, amounting to the sum of £550, and he awarded and directed that the defendant should pay the sum. The plaintiff had to bring an action on this award to enforce payment, and the defendant put in a demurrer to the declaration on the ground that the declaration did not show that the arbitrator had determined whether any liability attached to the defendant. Mr Travers (with whom was Mr Quick; appeared to support the demurrer, and Mr 'Olivier on the other side. After hearing counsel, his Honor gave judgment for the plaintiff, holding that the awarding of damages necessarily involved a finding that the defendant was liable to pay.
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Patea Mail, 7 August 1882, Page 3
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