S.S. ALERT BEFORE ALTERATIONS.
Battling with the Lawyers.
“Let us consider the reason of the case; for nothing
Is law that is not reason.”—Sir John Powell.
KILPATRICK v. HUDDART, PARKER & CO., LTD.
On Monday, the 11th February, 1895, in the First Civil Court, Melbourne, before his Honour, Sir Hartley Williams and a jury of six, an action was commenced in which the plaintiff, Mrs. Lucy Kilpatrick, widow of John Kennedy Kilpatrick, sued the defendants, Messrs. Huddart, Parker and Co., to recover £3000 damages for the loss of her husband.
Mr. C. A. Smyth, Mr. Box, and Mr. W. H. Williams (instructed by Messrs. Gaunson and Wallace) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Purves Q. C. and Mr. Mitchell (instructed by Messrs. Malleson, England, and Stewart) for the defendants. Mr. Purves requested at the outset that all witnesses be ordered out of court, and his Honour, Mr. Justice Williams, made the necessary order, except in the case of two experts whose evidences would not relate to the facts of the trial.