IMPORTANT JUDGMENT
: SEQUEL TO TORPEDOING OF SJSL- | ; v : TOKOMAKU i Damages awarded for loss J OF WOOL . ' By. Taleerash—Press .assoolatlon—OopyriiM 1 London, February 12/ ■ An action, upon -the result whereof j other claims .for amounts ' totalling i £200,000 depend, arose out ..of the sinks mg.of the steamer-Tokbmaru by a .German submarine.' i . . James Morrison and Company, owners ;• and consignees, of .158 bales of New Zca- ; land wool, obtained judgment for £4013 |-wid..cbsts:!igainst:.the- Sbaiir, Sarill; and the ground that tho J Tokomiini -was not justified,, in .de'viat- , ingrfrom her co\irse and. calling .at ! Havre for the purpose of landing frozen i meat for the Fi'ench Government. I. , Mr. Justice Bailhache held that the . rdefendauts were tempted by the high r,-Tate of freights to run the risk of being j torpedoed, which Tvas recognised as pos;..'sible, but regarded as improbable. The improbable had happened.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2694, 14 February 1916, Page 6
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142IMPORTANT JUDGMENT Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2694, 14 February 1916, Page 6
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