As the result of the judgeuient delivered in H. M. Supreme Court by his Honour Judge Sir Havilland de Sausmarez on Saturday in the motor-car case, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Turner were awarded Tls. 2,000 general damages and Tls. 426 special damages against the Shanghai Garage Ca., Ld., for injuries received by Mis. Turner through the collision of a car belonging to the defendants and driven by one of their chauffeurs, with a tree in Route Pichon on June 4 last. A boy in the employ of the plaintifis, who was also injured, was awarded $400.
Mr, K. E. Newman appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr. W. 8. Levin-son defended.
Latexess oF DsreNce.
His Lordship, in giving judgement in both cases, commented on the lateness at which the particulars of the defence of inevitable accident were delivered. Both parties were represented at the time the action was commenced by counsel who had, unfortunately, died since the hearing of a summons (subsequent the filing of the defence) for further particulars of the defence of inevit table accident, but at the hearing of that summons his Lordship impressed on Mr. Home that unless those particulars were forthcoming he would refuse to allow him to give evidence in support of it. The next thing that happened was that further particulars were filed by
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