Hr Justice Couoily Reverses the Verdict of a Jury. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, September 9. In the Supreme Court sittings in Banco this morning Mr Justice Conolly delivered judgment in the case Annie Jane Cassell V. Huddart, Parker and Co., in which the plaintiff sued the defendant Company for .£SOO damages as compensation for loss of her husband, who cliod in Auckland Hospital in December last from in juries sustained by him while assist ing in discharging the s.s. Anglian. The case was tried at the civil sittings of tho Court about two months ago, before a special jury of four, who brought in a ver dict for plaintiff for .£258 damages. Mr Campbell recently moved to set aside tho judgment for plaintiff for £.208 damages. la delivering judgment, His Honor said in his opinion all that was done prior to the accident in connection, with the slabs was rightly done. It seemed to him, especially ■in view of tho evidence given by Captain Dudor, that someontward force over which tho officer in charge was not ro ponslhle must have operated to cause tho slabs to fall. He was, there fore, of opinion that the evidence did not warrant the jury in finding that the accident was caused by tho negligence of the defendant Company’s officer, and the judgment for plaintiff would be set aside and”judgment entered up for defendant, with costs according to scale. Mr Napier, who appeared for plaintiff, said there would probably bo an appeal.
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