SUPREME COURT.
' BURSTING OF A SEPARATOR. I CASE HEARD IN COURT. Auckland, February 10. At the Supreme Court to-day the jury awarded £207 for injuries received by the plaintiff through the bursting of a milk separator in the case of Charles Avery Asliuin v. J. B. Macewan and Co. Plaintiff purchased from! the defendant a separator which hurst' while in_ operation, and portions of thel bowl flying tout, inflicted ' permanent injuries to his right arm. Plaintiff attributed the accident to the failure of a screw joint in the bowl of the separator, which he'contended was too weak. Defendant declared that the plaintiff must have put the bowl to- [ gether wrongly, causing it to wobble ! when it revolved'«.nd- : eventually fly out of the machine, tyjie jury found the separator was not: Reasonably strong for the purpose for which it was supplied, and that there was no negligence on the part of the defendant or his servant. Defendant's counsel intimated that he would move for a nonsuit, and the argument on legal points will probably be heard to-morrow. (
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 55, 10 February 1916, Page 6
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176SUPREME COURT. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 55, 10 February 1916, Page 6
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