SUPREME COURT.
AN UNUSUAL CASE, By Telegraph,—Press Association. Auckland, Feb. 10. In the Supreme Court the jury awarded £207 for injuries received by plaintiff through the bursting of a.-milk separator, in the case of Charles Avery Ashwin v. J. B, MacEwan and Co. Plaifitiff purchased from defendant a (separator, which burst while in operation, portions of the bowl flying out and inflicting permanent injuries to his right arm. Plaintiff attributed the accident to the failure of the screw joint in the bowl of the separator, which, he contended, was too weak. Defendant contended that plaintiff must have put the bowl together wrongly, causing it to wobble .when revolved and ultimately to fly out of the machine.
The jury found that the separator was not reasonably fit for the purpose for which it was supplied, and there was no negligence on the part of the (defendant or his servant.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 February 1916, Page 5
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148SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, 12 February 1916, Page 5
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