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CLAIM FOR DAMAGES JUDGMENT FOR FULL AMOUNT. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, December 2. lii liis reserved judgment in the case in which Bing, Harris claimed from Dalgety and Company £54 for damages for goods not delivered by the steamer Tainui, Mr Bartholomew. S.M., held that the goods were pillaged before landing. On the point raised by the defence that the liability was limited by the bill of lading to claims made within three days, he held that such a proviso would lessen the liability imposed by statue, and was accordingly null and void. Judgment was given for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12620, 3 December 1926, Page 12
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105PILLAGED CARGO New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12620, 3 December 1926, Page 12
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