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AN ELECTRIC LIGHT CASE.

(BY TELEGRAPH.—PIIKSS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, Last Night. Rathkk a peculiar case was before Mr Justice Edwards to-day. Robert Morton, schoolmaster, sued Dr. Lemon, Superintendent of Telegraphs, for £100 damages, caused by the doctor's private electric light machinery, and sought for an injunction to restrain him from usinf it. Plaintiff alleged that the noise and vibration of the dynamo was a source of continual annoyance, and prevented liiin from using certain rooms in his house, which was next to defendant's. For the defence it was assertod that the machinery had been in use since 1883, and was erected with the full knowledge and approval of tlio plaintiff, who n-jtiiiilly fW.iKtnrl in putting it up and afterwards in reconstructing it- Defendant staled that Morton has frequently visited and taken friends tu sue the machinery, and until last year had never made any complaints about it. A verdict was returned for defeudant with costs on the lowest scale.

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Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2834, 11 September 1890, Page 2

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AN ELECTRIC LIGHT CASE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2834, 11 September 1890, Page 2

AN ELECTRIC LIGHT CASE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2834, 11 September 1890, Page 2

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