MAGISTRATES COURT

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2190, 1 July 1914, Page 5

MAGISTRATES COURT

K'qLiMM.'.Fap LOST LUCCACE. • UABILITY V •;, "AN IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. .- An. important reserved" judgment.deal;. ing. v.'it/i, the .Jiabilit-y • or - siiippiiig com.pames!m resptcc.-tp ipst was <leuver.e.d- at'i'ue Magistrate; t>.'L'ourt'-.yes-teirjJlay By Mr. rWi.vi': Uiadell,,tj."j\l. .ahe .cfaiin was ;one ihade; by Annie Cbop'e'r; representing .>hor ■ -. iniaivt ■claugtiter, the:Ne.w-Zealand'fehipping Coin-' pany ior £ib'J6s. tor luggage- lojsv.oh ■ilie voyage ■from. London -'io ,1 Wellington oy-the liner iUia'tiirie'.: ; ' ' ■.■..'■' ;-?■■. A Umlt or Liability. ; . '.-". In tho "course of. his' judgment, • 'his ■ Worship.' said' that: the defendant company admitted that tnoywcrd responsible lor t|iO;.loEs'.o.f .the luggagel .but Contended that' under; , a f -coiKiit-ion endo.reed oii pjaintjlt's contract .ticket-its liabi,lit'y\vvas limited .tb'£6"in respect to ! aiiy passenger's luggage lost.or'.daniaji;,e'd on the voyage, unless.the value of .the luggage, in excess , of that sum,' was declarea «t> .'or -before, the /issue of , the 'eontriict * tjoke't.' ■ Tho defendant • company hid paid tho siim of ,£S into court lil'satisfftction'of: the,claim, and denied any further liability. ?. . - - :,-. ; . 'At tho "hearing, continued his -.Worship, a , number of. decisions, oh similar actions were..quoted,-'dealing; .with the-■liability-'of those who issue".tickets containing conditions either "on the face or on tho' back .of the 'ticket, , and .to- .what estent" persons' receiving such ticket's were tymnd'.liy conditions which 'may or may not :come under, their , notice. •The.decisions quoted stated the:law:Rflhcrally/'but''did■ ;ii6t give' much. assistance, wKen,' as.in tho present.caso, the form -df- contratt : rras T subject .to, certain Statutory- ro^ifemeate. :' ' ■-■•.: . ' '"'. CornUilons of-.'Passage.." The case of Dummer and another v. the ShaWj Savill, and .Albion Company, Ltd.,'decided .that. a-shipowner issuing a , , ticket f6r':a';p'assage to'.ths Dominion to'a steerage passenger in an.eniip:rnnt j .ship,.. uhder'Sfectio'a 5 320'0f the "Mer- 1 chant. ShippingvAct, \&9l, cannot, make it subject to a.condition, -whether on itsface or endorsed thereon, that he was not liable for injury '< to the passenger by the negligent-navigation of ..the vessel, i Section,32o of-tho^llerchant;Ship-ping Act, 1894. .provided for the issue of contract tickets, for cabin : or.'steer-, age passengers in ah "emigrant ship, '■proceeding from ■ the British Islands ; to ! any' port" out of .Europe; and Sub-Seotwn i,states;that 'thfe; contract ..ticket shall be "in ■ a' form approved by the Board, of Trade.; a'hd. published" ' n the. ' London' ■".Gazette; , .! ''■' By; Section 323,- any.pereon .who, after;;the issue 'of-' a. .'contractticket "and i during '.the ! continuance*: of. 'the contract\of. which the , -.ticket is;eyidqnee, alters :itor induces an,y person, to part with, it,- or retiders' useless-or 'deit, , shall £or : ; each offence (with exceptibna).he liable to , a .fine not, , ex-coedihg-'£2o.-'.'-.Gertain'conditions, appear, on'tio face.<>{ both (saloon and steerage, -passengers' .tickets, and' qc-ndition' 6. 'which states/.that "when onc.e issued this tickct-.jnust not-ba'.withdrawn■ fro*' the .■passenger '.nor any ,altera.tipn,'.addierflsμf,β ; made in it," na. found, .on : both : fonns'.'., .Gonditiqn.;? , found- in tho stosraje/cassenger's ticket is' not contained , in -the form'of saloon passen-. gers , ticket's 1 .-' Again, -the'steeraße pas.senger's ticket; contains,, in the body thereof a. v statemeht limiting.the.value of luggage'; carried under'the contraot, .unless declficed'by/the passenger. " This from: tho body .of thp saloon passenger's.ticket, tut the defenjdants'.hayV endorsed oil the back of the 'plaintiff's : ticket'a iiumher of conditions, idno 'of : Which' , (No-4) .states .that :'.'neiither. the , shipowner- nor tlio passenger, irpker,-qr'agent is.in.aiiy Case-liable-for.' loss -of, ! or. in jury, to,. or. delay in ;'deli v-; .cry, of liiggago or personal effects'of •paßsengers Beyond the amount 'of '£5, unless. , tli'o ; value of th&. excess , ;of that'.'sum atjor 'hefore, ith'e: issue' of this contraot-ticket, and. freight''at cprrent/rates for.every kind .of. property (with.certaihexceptibrie) is 'paid;"-- , '■■■■■■!;'; ° ■; - ; ; -' ".. ."•' ..." V- Passehger's Assont Required. In Dummer's .case, in discuseinp; tho effect of Sections 320; an- 323,.upoirthe forms of ticko't. issued to cabin and'steeraee.passengers respeativelj', M>, Justice •,Ed.wards:.said:;"Thiß Section (3.20 appears to contemplate one form-of contract ,ticket only. Two forms, one of a cabin'paßsengerJs ; ticket, the , other'of .a 'steerage passe.hger'e ■ticket, 'have, how , - ever.been apprbved of> by the Board , of Trade. . Tho . two forms of. contract "ticket appear: to be necessary. '.'■... 'Aβ thfi ticket of a'-labin.passenger or. an emigrant ship.niust first be isßued to him in the forni prescribed by the Board of Trade, and his express (tssent.to any variation of the .contract- must 'subsequently be obtained, this desirable,result'follows'(if. the...statute is obeyed), :th'at.his_ afteivtipnmust. be,directly "called to-'his rights undijr the : statiito r aiid 1 .to the extent, to which he is! asked by ■thr shipowner to part with' , those , rights. Tbis ; exeiutles. tlie sbiponner from qualifying his 'liability 'even as to cabin.pas-fienaers-by..nptice of'conditions ininosed' by him upon the contract..... . .'.'.'.' : ; . '• In- the present case, concluded his

Worship, "the plaintiff did nb'e pei-ssnal» ly :obtain Her tkkoh f.ra« th« HrfeKkn.l company's LojKfoii ofliec, iip.v ys tji;-rc any evidence that the eqittfiiioH uWJer which the defendant eompaiiy ssiisM. to have its liability limited in respect fit luggage, was consented to by tar, or lief agent at, befc*e : , or ?{|«r the jsssie of the contract tfcfcat. M;is Warship was satisfied to adopt the spinfem. espj'essed by Mr. Justice? .BflAv-af'tkH.i.n jjumfwr's case, .that if it. cabin passetoer's rights were .to be linlited. toy •cttiiditions (.«■- dorsed on the Wntysofc ticket, hi acW/i" tion to those eo , ntained. ill the fprni ajj* proved by the Softrd; oS: Tfaife, tbeii hi* attention mtjst te <iirefetty esileq.to'the matter and his excess assent gh'en ia any 'variations of tha.forrivof cfifrtracis. "This throws sine onus-of the assent on the. part,' of the paSseiiger «n the defendant;,.,a;nd'.here- it hits iitffc, in my opinion, b'eSn .discharge*!," saiij his in epn'cltißi'qu. ... : Judgment till be for the plaintiff far thefullamounii! ckiined, with costs £.2 6s. '

.Notice of apjieal sras given br Jlf. M. Myers, who appeared fat the defendant company. Cpsl? tor SKpeal were feed a.fc £8 -Bs. At tlje teaniig. of tli«y «eSb, Mr, T. C.A. Hisfep appeared f or the plaintiff..,. . ';' ; ■ . .' civit *cii^s. CLAIM Ftm-GBWS SCW^tES, ■ The New Zfea'laftd -Fn-raiers' tivoDistributme <5».,..Lta., WeilkiKton, general merehauta,. .proceeded W.Page, grienrgfOEer, el.. I/eviii, for the .recovery of .£6-l|s, SA, being t : he value. of. goqeis siifiijl,ied» 'MiS, ■dolejid-ah-f .in the ..aetio'n (toijtfterkMwt.ed. hi '£215s.,.being -coiis incurißdiri fe/hrriiiiiK unsaleabfe produis?. alle.gM 'te tiye been purcliaseti irrfm the sarai6is' Oo* ope'rativo "Disbrifehifc .€«., -IjtS. After.'heariiift the orideuce Ms Worship cave '.judgftient &i- tbe. VUiritiit An the,claim for £2- 3s'. Sdi., and costs £1 16s.Vand _f<ir fte ifefeiidapt in , t'ke counter-claim.:. Jlr. H. A. Guft»iu.e■ham appeared Ipr the plaintiff, ■ and the defendant, tPdef) ■..n'si.s ■ not 'sohted. by counsel. '■ ■ ■'■ DEFAtiEFIJvS l^eiQifS. Judgment was /efttcrfd . lor plaintiff ■by detault in the fffl'lioii-Njtf'fiivjl a'ctiettg,'. by-Mr: ,W. G. "RMA &M,:-A, and IVBurt.'-Ltd;,^, J , , aahitvii*-£ls ■ 135., costs i'l lls:.'jJd.; Veftch. ai«J : Allan : v.. Heu» ; £3 Ife M., .costs 125.; Dpirtinioii Jleftafitita Asciiejy Ltd:,; v. . Ja'.nies, Bs.' M,, .costs- 75.; .W.' (3. '4ws V. j. S. .£6 55., costs ,£l, &.., 6tl: i. J. : A. lled.path.aud Son r,:\\ r m, -Sfe|flum ■£8:-16s..-3d.,, costs £t BU. Sd,-; Hush Walter "figeou. V. --P. ■ M■l6s. fid., cpsfe.ios.;>Jlpt!at. JirM.:v,.A, L,.-Sniith, fii 3s, |d., posje iOs,; Bjretger ..Dansoy v. R. JSfißlitiiljgelei ' £11, .costs £1.10s.; riiP.(i#oil Bfdt,'Ltd., \v John MarsWi, jaiiv,, S& , 85.,-tests £1 9s. 6d.; StaWfe.ifenkmr, .iSßfecrt Alex. Craig, 14's , , M., costs 7si+ Oi't.V ''Council v. ChiSS. Edward Sjiiyar, £o 14s;, ■ costs 85. s A.' t*- 'Nisoa V. L. M. ■-Wilson, : costs ■£!' 3s. 6d.; C{. a'nd.A. Odliii Go?.'. Md (i -Rafter ood<}, £1 75., costs -Ss 4 ;. same v, j.os'opfc John 'Russell; ! ll : d M ..<;!i3fc 05'.; Raifaclßodia v. A?. T. M'&atin, £% cesis ss.'" ■'■■'■■'■••..■ . ■ ■ ■ ' . JUDGIIEir StaiMOSSES. George James. Slitchctt *as ordered .to"p'ay Henry. I,Bs. 4<J., pa or ' before Jiily' 14,. in detault «i©i*. days in,'gaol;, 05..-{Stevens to pay 'GTp bert E. £1 Ts., 011 -qsc before July 14; in. JioUrs ijt J. . Millican'' to jsa-i' "ttVii. E. OQftrci.o.&]; £5 125., befomJulj? ; iKt' ifefaiift ftvti days in> gaol; Br.iicit Biftfis to fta,y Ast ton. Buddie Fitoheti, 4112 1%; &6<J."'before. Jtily 14, iii ten dsys , im-. prisonment. • ;! ■■ A OhAm ' '' -. In Kijo): Qilm.BV, 'dentist, v. o.' Kocitoibj a tflaiiii for £8 10s:, lned'tcal eSjJeflseaj Judajnent was'.ontcred jor : tfe jjja-intiff W . tlie .amount claimed with- ijosts £3 ss. OLD WOMAN BEG£ fQ& ALMS. ".Mr. dI.G-A. CbSßer, S.M., tie&it with the police at yestetdAi/'i isitiiiiK of the Slagistrats's Court, .The case (if ail old wmiaii named ■ Mary ;SaundeTS.,ivas, acain heard yesterday; when llie was cfiarfctf with being a rogue and a vaga%nti r: jw that she.' begged fqi: WtioDri.nis'peflidr Hendrey stated ifeij i&fr dijfeiidaini, over eighty yews, of ages llad been t';yice pteyjausl.y ebnviqtci.rf bShvg an idle and disdrdcyiy jicjSen, ani had boon ■ eelili tp ■ the, Olj.i.ro . Hoino, .'However;, Ihe .4ef4n:flai|t,wp.u:l:d:;.ndf! rciadm'there,:.:j|iif<l. she. J>atcl■■ bsen found bSJ?KinK for alpis at .K'a..rcri. . ■ • , His Worsh'ij) .fettartrcd thai if he .sent'- the acoiisijisl'to gSpl ( be Sduld bo* 'doinp; ,: liera,'kijio;i'Ui?JV The- defondaat td.eaifi.di no't to' seijt' to prison, but, 3E£is Worship coiKiderfed: it-would be te'ilcij better:.for lier ta t& • rniiin in security- during...ibe- wjn'ter. She : would' be sehte')ice.(L:to. six m(3'n'tib..s' jin*' prisonment. THEFT TROM HOTEL CECIL A joung man named Dauel Patnrk Cummings appeared on a charge f»f theft of artiplcs iahi«cl -\t 17s Cd , the property of Claude Fellows Tnompson, from the dwllnur hoits. of Margaret MTarland (Hotel Crcl) Formal e\ ldenco of idu tuicition. of tho itolen goads was anen h\ V F Thompson, ?ud artrr this the accused v,m remanded till Juh 8 SEPARATION ORDER REFUSED. Mr. D G A. Cooper, &M, judgment in the. caso i\ herein Ala-» M'Aenna nude aa application against 13crnard M'JCcnna for a summary stpa'ration, maintenance, and guardianhh.p ot the chilJren. Tito paH-es, ncro lesidents of Bleniiptm, and tho grounds on which tho application aas made «oie failure to maincsin and habitual drunkeiuioss His Worship hold tLat the dr-1 fendant had provided hw n te and chil-. dren with adfiquato mamtaiaitcr, and | tha.t thero was ne evidence that the! clcfendaut was an habitual drunkarJ. Tho evidence was quite cortrary to that charge. The order tvas rehsed. Mr D. & Smith appeared for complainant, and Mr H. K. 0 Leary tor tho defendant. MISCELLANEOUS OASES James William Gribhlo was remanded to appear at Auckland on Juh 2, to answer a charge of deserting bis, child on Fcbmarj 8, 1910 A Frenchman, named Yeattvo Eouo Mallalien St Mar was remanded till to-day on a charge of breaking and entering and theft from the houso of Willram Sine on June 10. On a charge of being an >dlo and. disorderly perepn, Annie Mason was convicted and ordered to como up for sentence when called upon Slio was also made the subjecb of a prohibition order. Emily Webster admitted tho thef* of a pair of loot 3, valued at 325. 6d, tho propertj of Albeit llss Worship fined t'io accused thp \ohm of! the Iwots, 111 default this? daW u-> I prisoiiiuent. 1 l<ll insobriety Holl);; na 1 . fiiied lOt. Cn" S'-f offen'lci was fiiipf] 10s , and jpsoii otheis arie conViClrd andidi s clnr£;ed.