Show GERMANY ERMANY MELD HELD LIABLE fOR 1 AIR FOES FOE'S HAVOC BERLIN April 8 A 8 A German court has decided that damages to life or property inflicted by airmen of ot the enemy are not actionable in a civil court but that the matter is one for which the imperial government is hable liable liable lia lia- ha- ha ble and that the plaintiff should have recourse to the Imperial Imperia insurance court for damages Johann Frank a laborer while going to work recently In was badly wounded by the splinters from a bomb which was dropped on the city ity by a French aviator As a result his right shoulder blade was fractured and he is unable to properly use tise his right arm arn Frank appealed for damages to a building benefit society of which he was a a. member but this association re refused refused refused re- re fused any payment on the ground that such cases eases did not come under Jis ts Ju ju- ju A civil action was then brought against the municipality and this was dismissed by the court which held that the Imperial government alone was re responsible responsible responsible re- re for damages done to lifo life or property inflicted by foreign airmen and the pl plaintiff should so appeal |