APPEAL COURT.
I.MI'OIiTANT TO SIITft'KIIS. liy Telegraph.—Press Association. Weliiigton. laist Night. The Court of Appeal commenced the hearing of Ihe cum' tlie Cnion Stejtnisiiip t oiupaay v. \\ ickes, i|iieslton of law arising out of an netion removed by tile order of Mr. Justice Cooper from the Supreme Court at llokitika. Defendants shipped on the lluwca at (treymouth timber consigned to Lamicostun and Adelaide. The defence was Hint the 11nwen became a wreck, and therefore no freight was payable. A condition iu the I,ill of lading under wliieli the timber was snipped was that freight should tie payable whether the ship was lost or not, but defendant* alleged thill the custom of the plalntlir company was to collect freight at the end of each vov-
In the ca«-;' ol' the Cnion Steamship Co. v, W'ieliep. Ltd., the Court gave judguieat for plaintiffs with ensls oil the highest scale in the Supreme Court, and costs on the highest scale as from a distance in the Court of Appeal.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 75, 24 April 1909, Page 2
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166APPEAL COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 75, 24 April 1909, Page 2
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