HILL v. THE KING.
JUDGMENT FAVORS SUPPLIANT
[j?ER Press Association.]
Wellington, November 28
The Court of Appeal diverted judgment in Hill v. The King. The majority decided that judgment should go in favor of suppliant for the amount awarded by jury (£1000) with costs on the highest scale, and as from a- distance. AIT the judges agreed that the public were entitled to rely upon’the general practice of t’ne Bailway; Department of erecting a notice at level crossings, and the absence of such notices at the crossing where the accident happened was evidence of negligence, entitling the suppliant to damages.
Sir Robert Stout, Sir .Joshua Williams, and Justice Cooper also found there was no contriTuitory negligence on suppliant’s part. Justices Edwards and Chapman dissented. The Crown was granted conditional leave to appeal.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 75, 28 November 1913, Page 5
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132HILL v. THE KING. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 75, 28 November 1913, Page 5
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