PILLAGED GOODS.
CARRIERS HELD TO BE LIABLE. FOR L|OSS. 'By Telegraph.—i Per Press Association. Tiraaru, January 13. i£r V. G, Day, S.JI., gave reserved decision to-day in the ease 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 Thnaru. Plaintiffs refused to accept delivery, as the case aj peared to have 'been pillaged, and examination showed it had. The ease was carried by steamer and rail lo Timuru, s.nd 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 carrier 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 wa3 granted.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 185, 15 January 1915, Page 8
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166PILLAGED GOODS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 185, 15 January 1915, Page 8
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