CURIOUS LAWSUIT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 179, 21 August 1909, Page 4

CURIOUS LAWSUIT.

There wus ii young 1 ady named I.ise,| who .»iit down to ii dish of grJen pens'.! Ten other guests were there also, nnd, the host was a groat Parisian dress-; maker. When the peas were brought- ( round to the ladv, the waiter lipsot tlienii over her. The peas were, hoiling hot, 1 and liiivnt her leg, her arm, and spodtl her dress. Failing to obtain competition from the waiter's employer, a res-| tanrant-keeper, the ludv sued liiin for CI lift damages to wit. .CSfi for th» drc-s, which had eo»t. exactly that amount. and CI2-1 for her personal inin l ie.-. l;i court her counsel produced a letter from liev host in support of her claim. The writer painted out that tlie ( plate of green peas was a large one. as' it was enough for twelve persons, and I the plaintiff was served first. Wh->:i,' after the accident, he. complained to the' landlord it f 'the restaurant, all the l;]t(er offered -AVas to let him off the price of' Hie dinner. Hut the host naturally t-| fused, failing to see how' that arrange'' incut could lie lmlm to the lady's woundr

or could replace her dres>'. "1 consider." he added, "that compensation is due not to me. but to yon," which seems true (•nonirh. On thft strength of her host's evidence the-Court awarded the lady U>o damage.—Daily Telegraph's Paris correspondent.