MERCHANDISE DESTROYED IN TRANSIT.
A SHIPPING CASE. [Per Press Association.! WELLINGTON, March 23. A reserved judgment important to shipowners and shippers alike was delivered by Air Haselden, S.M., regarding an action .brought by Sanders Bros., contractors, against the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Shipping Company, Ltd., a claim for £53 13s 9d, in respect of merchandise destroyed ip transit. It appears that the shipping, company took delivery of two packages of granite in Glasgow for transhipment to New Zealand. It was alleged that while the freight, which was part of a consignment ordered for the Union Bank contract, was being discharged it was dropped from the slings. “I am compelled on the authorities,” remarked Air. Haselden, ‘to hold that the damage alleged conies within the exceptions to liability provided for in the bill of lading. The whole action is based on the negligence of the servants of the defendant, and harsh as it may appear, the law is clearly laid down that such negligence may, by the terms of the bill of lading, exempt the defendant from liability.” As to the. terms offered by counsel for defendants regarding storage, it was decided that the case may be mentioned again 14 days hence.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2768, 24 March 1910, Page 7
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201MERCHANDISE DESTROYED IN TRANSIT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2768, 24 March 1910, Page 7
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