"AN ACT OF GOD."
A GUST OP WIND, A STEP-LADDER, AND A MOTOR-CYCLIST. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night: At the. Supreme Court an action by* Arthur Schaeff against Tingey an 4 Co., for the recovery of. £Sfls damages, for injuries suffered by an accident in Willis Street, was heard. Defendants had a contract to pa'.nt a building. Two employees left step ladders on a balcony during the lunch hour. Plaintiff was riding past on a motorcycle, and a gust of .wind blew one of Ihc ladders over the balcony railing, Jt fell on Schaeff, injuring his head an<i shoulder and smashing hi? motor-cytlt, Defendants rontendeii. that all reasonable precaution* had been taken, and their counsel p.sked for a non-suit on the ground, that, the wind was an "act of God" Ths Chief Justice reserved this point, and the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for £226
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 May 1916, Page 4
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