JUSTICES.
(To the Editor of the Patba Mail.) Sir, —i wish to call attention to a recent decision of the Hawera Bench, _ 3rd December, which seems to be at variance with justice, both in a legal and common sense view.
A engages B, a carrier from Wanganui to Wavericy, to forward goods from the first named place to Hawera. B carries the goods as far as Waverley, and hands them to C. who is a carrier from Waverley to Hawera. C delivers them to A, at Hawera, and charges A with the full amount from Wanganui. A objects to pay, as he made no bargain with C and expects a bill for the full amount from B. B turns insolvent, and A still more objects to pay, thinking that as B’s affairs are in the hands of his creditors, at the least B’s moiety of the cost of delivering the goods should belong to the estate, as C could show no authority from B to collect the money. A is summoned by 0, and ordered to pay the full amount by the Bench, as C was the man who delivered the goods, and thus C gets money that should go to B’s creditors.—l am, &c., JU STITT A.
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Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 277, 8 December 1877, Page 2
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