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Page: 194↓
Court of Teinds Inner House Second Division.
Jury Trial.
(Before
v.
In an action against an omnibus proprietor for personal injuries sustained by a passenger through the fault of the parties in charge of it—verdict for the pursuer.
In this case, in which Mrs Janet Watson or Watt is pursuer, and Andrew Menzies, coach and omnibus proprietor, Argyle Street, Glasgow, is the defender, the following is the issue sent to trial:—
“Whether, on or about 6th June 1865, and in or near Argyle Street, Glasgow, in consequence of the parties in charge of an omnibus belonging to the defender, in which the pursuer was travelling as a passenger, failing to take due precautions in setting her down from the said omnibus, she was knocked down and injured by another omnibus, through the fault of the defender, to her loss, injury, and damage.”
Damages laid at £300.
The jury, after having been absent for about an hour, returned a unanimous verdict for the pursuer. Damages, £50.
Counsel for the Pursuer— Mr Scott and Mr Brand. Agents— Messrs Macgregor & Barclay. W.S.
Counsel for the Defender—The Lord Advocate and Mr R. V. Campbell. Agents— Messrs Hamilton & Kinnear, W.S.