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High Court Wellington
23, 24 August; 20 November 1950
Finlay J
Court of Appeal Wellington
3, 4 July; 3 October 1951
Northcroft J; Hutchison J; Cooke J
23, 24 August; 20 November 1950
Finlay J
Court of Appeal Wellington
3, 4 July; 3 October 1951
Northcroft J; Hutchison J; Cooke J
Coal-mines — Injury to Miner — "Bord and pillar" System of Mining — Miner injured by Fall of Coal from "lip" or Inclined Face connecting Area from which Top Coal had not been extracted with Area from which it had been extracted — Such "lip" Part of "roof and sides of . . . working-place" — Owner's Duty to make Same Secure — Coal-mines Act, 1925, ss 116, 117 (3).