Mills v. Monteith Estate, [1967] N.B. Law News No. 29 (CA)

• Judge: Bridges, C.J.N.B., Ritchie and West, JJ.A.
• Court: Court of Appeal (New Brunswick)
• Case Date: February 14, 1967
• Jurisdiction: New Brunswick
• Citations: [1967] N.B. Law News No. 29 (CA)

Mills v. Monteith Estate, [1967] N.B. Law News No. 29 (CA)

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Charles Mills and Dale Melvin Mills, an infant by his next friend, Charles Mills (Plaintiffs/Respondents) v. C.T. Gilbert, Administrator ad litem of the Estate of Donald Howard Monteith (defendant/appellant)

Laurie Byron Jordan, an infant by his mother and next friend, Christine Jordan (Plaintiff/Respondent) v. C.T. Gilbert, Administrator ad litem of the Estate of Donald Howard Monteith (defendant/appellant)

(Archives RS43/1966)

Indexed As: Mills v. Monteith Estate

New Brunswick Supreme Court

Appeal Division

Bridges, C.J.N.B., Ritchie and West, JJ.A.

February 14, 1967.

Summary:

Motor Vehicle and Damage Award - Appeal dismissed from judgment in favour of two infant Plaintiffs for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident. Held that award of $25,000.00 for general damages for personal injuries and award of $2,000.00 for general damages for personal injuries to infant Plaintiffs was not inordinately or unreasonably high or low. See N.B. Law News, September 15, 1966 issue, # 66-53 [See [1966] N.B. Law News No. 53] for details of injury to infant Plaintiffs.

Counsel:

Donald R. Allen and Lawrence Garvie, for the defendant/appellant;

Eric B. Appleby, for the plaintiff/respondent, Mills;

Francis E. Atkinson, Q.C., for the plaintiff/respondent, Jordan.

This case was heard before Bridges, C.J.N.B., Ritchie and West, JJ.A., of the New Brunswick Supreme Court, Appeal Division.

The decision of the Court was delivered on February 14, 1967 by Bridges, C.J.N.B. (Ritchie and West, JJ.A., concurring).