PILLAGED IN TRANSIT
-« ——, . A' CARRIER'S LIABILITY. , (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Tlmaru, January 13. Mr. V. G. Day, S.M., gave his reserved decision to-day in regard to M'Gruer, Davies, and Co., drapers, v. New Zealand Express Co., a claim for the value of goods pillaged in a case between shipment at Wellington and delivery at plaintiffs' shop at Timaru. The plaintiffs refused to accept, delivery, as the case appoared to have been pillaged, and an examination showed it had. The case was carried by steamer and rail to Timaru, and defendants pleaded that the conditions of consignment afoided liability for loss by pillage on steamer or railway. ' • The Magistrate held this condition to ,be unreasonable. The House of Lords had ruled that a carrier was liable for acts not only of his own servants, but also of i the agents he employed 1 So do his work, and judgment was given for plaintiffs. . As the case was of general interest he gave leave to appeal.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2358, 14 January 1915, Page 6
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163PILLAGED IN TRANSIT Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2358, 14 January 1915, Page 6
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