CLAIM FOR LOST FINGER
WOOD-CUTTING CONTRACT FAILURE TO PROVE CASE From Our. Oun Correspondent HAMILTON, Thursday. The hearing of the claim for £222 9s b’ci as compensation for the loss of the* right forefinger, brought in the Arbitration Court by Thomas James Gibson, coal and firewood merchant, Hamilton East (Mr. Gray), against William Alexander Barber and Charles William Shepherd, trading under the name of Crawford and Company, wood and coal merchants, Claudelands. was concluded late this afternoon. Counsel said the Court had to decide whether plaintiff and his assistant were engaged on wages or whether a contract was entered into between plaintiff and defendants. After hearing plaintiff’s evidence his Honour announced that the court was of opinion that plaintiff had not discharged the onus imposed on him to prove that he was a worker. The evidence showed that he had engaged an assistant and had entered into a contract with defendants to cut a specific quantity of wood at a quoted price per day. Plaintiff’s claim was therefore dismissed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 773, 20 September 1929, Page 10
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169CLAIM FOR LOST FINGER Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 773, 20 September 1929, Page 10
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