CASE AGAINST U.S.S. COMPANY.
DAMAGES ALLOWED FOR LOSS OF A BOX,
(Per Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, last night,
A case of interest to the travelling public 'was' heard to-day by Mr Haselden, S.M., being that of Miss Barber v. the Union Steamship Company, claim £ls for a box lost after being landed on the Wellington wharf from the s.s. Rotomahana. Plaintiff, after .the luggage was landed on the wharf, asked that it be taken back again in order that she might call for it next morning, and an officer of the slop agreed to keep the luggage in charge. The plaintiff said that she gave back three boxes, Two were returned, but the third is missing. It was contended that the landing of the packages on the wharf was a delivery, and that on this delivery being effected the liability of the defendant as a common carrier ceased, and defendant became a warehouseman or bailee for reward, and therefore was liable only for neg, ligence. The Magistrate Held that the balance of the evidence was in favor of the contention that there was no real delivery,, and he gave judgment lor the plaintiff for £l3, with costs £3 13s. The amount was not contested, only ,the principle being argued.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 404, 1 May 1902, Page 3
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