SUPREME COURT.
_ i CLAIM FOR MISSING GOODS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Friday. In the action Partridge and Co. v. AJ H. Nathan, a claim for the value >; a case of cigars landed but not .Jclivjrtsl the Chief Juitice said that the i|;;es;.i v >i v.fls the effect of a clause in f.ae li'V if lading stating that the jd ,js were io ha taken fr< iri the ships tackle, nii.i if the was not 'lwi ri-ady ii",o tr be st ired a 4 the consl * ies'« risk. T?ie judge hi!J tbat. this clau-ie '.vas not forcible. If the contention of the defence was law, tbe ship's contract could be performed by dumping the goods on the wharf at any time, thougdi the consignee had no notice of arrival, and leaving them on the wharf exposed to all weathers or to dishonest people. He "held that there had been no true delivery, and gave judgment for £145, the value of the case.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 118, 5 October 1912, Page 8
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161SUPREME COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 118, 5 October 1912, Page 8
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