SUPREME COURT.
OHASGES FOR DAMAGES FAIL. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, August 21. At the Supremo Court, judgment was given to-day in Hie ease wherein Christina and Eva Forbes claimed £2OOO, Mary Sullivan £l5O and Catherine Sullivan £3OO from the Palmcrston North Borough Council, The claim arose out of an accident last December while William Forbes was motoring in Fitzroy street, Palmerston Xorth, accompanied by his daughters Christina and Eva and the 'Misses Sullivan. They came to a gate, which had been left open, passed through, and over a steep embankment. Forbes was killed and the other occupants were more or less injured. The gate being open and unlighted, it was claimed that the corporation was liable for damages. Judgment was given for the defendant corporation, the court holding that the Statutes did not impose a duty on the defendant to erect a protective barrier or light the spot, or otherwise warn persons of the danger that had teen created fcy the cutting ftway thj. sps
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1917, Page 8
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165SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1917, Page 8
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