IMPORTANT FRIENDLY SOCIETY CASE.
An important Friendly Society case was decided recently at Nelson. A man named Harris injured his left hand by a gun accident. This necessitated the amputation of one finger, and he was attended at the hospital. On being discharged, he went under the care of the surgeon of Court Bobin Hood, who ultimately declared him off the funds, and the sick pay was stopped. Harris brought an action against the Court to recover further sick pay, alleging that he could not follow his avocation of eng'neer. The Court officers set up a defence that Harris had been engaged as a dealer and agent, and that he was able to follow these light employments. The magistrate held that employment did not necessarily mean that employment which a man had been brought up to, and that plaintiff was shown to have been able to carry on the work of a dealer from the time he was declared off the fund. Judgment for defendant and costs.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1012, 15 December 1881, Page 3
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167IMPORTANT FRIENDLY SOCIETY CASE. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1012, 15 December 1881, Page 3
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