CARRIERS' LIABILITY.
A CASE OF PILLAGED GOODS. Per Press Association. Timaru, January 13. Mr V. G. Day, S.AL, gave reserved decision to<lay in the case of McGruer, Davies and Co., drapers, v. the New Zealand Express Company, a claim for the value of goods pillaged in a case between shipment at Wellington and delivery at plaintiffs’ shop at Timaru. Plaintiffs refused to accept delivery, as the case appeared to have been pillaged, and examination showed it had. The case was carried by steamer and rail to Timaru, and the defendants pleaded that the conditions of consignment avoided liability for loss by pillage on steamer or railway. ' The Magistrate held that this condition was unreasonable. The House of Lords had ruled that a earlier was liable for the acts, not only of his own servants, but also of agents he employed to do his work. .Judgment was given for plaintiff. As the case was of general interest, leave to appeal was granted.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 12, 15 January 1915, Page 2
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161CARRIERS' LIABILITY. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 12, 15 January 1915, Page 2
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