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Barbara M'Leod, Dennistoun, Glasgow, pursuer , brought an action in the Sheriff Court at Cupar against the Magistrates and Town Council of St Andrews and Shereef Mohammed Emin, student, St Andrews, jointly and severally or severally, defenders , for payment to the pursuer of £200 damages.
The pursuer averred, inter alia —“(Cond. 1) The pursuer is the pupil daughter, aged Page: 613 ↓
On 8th May 1924 the Sheriff-Substitute ( Dudley Stuart ) allowed a proof before answer.
The defenders appealed to the Second Division of the Court of Session, and the case was sent to a Court of Seven Judges.
Argued for the appellants—The danger of walking over a golf course must be assumed to be known to the public. It was impossible to put pathways on golf links which would not be exposed to danger. The pursuer did not aver that if this path had been placed further away the accident would not have happened. A notice would have made no difference, and there was no case on record for notice. The Corporation were entitled to assume that all ordinary precantions Page: 615 ↓
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