CLAIM FOR DAMAGED CARGO.
By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, October 3. After argument as to who was the real defendant ,in the Briez Izel case (a claim for damaged cargo), Mr Kettle, S.M., paid he was inclined to hold apart altogether from the question of contract, that the captain, on the evidence, assuming iiim not to be a party to the bill of lading, was liable for neglect, in tbat he had the care and custody of the goods, and it was his duty to deliver them safe and secure at their destination. Apart altogether from eontract, the captain was responsible for a breach of duty. Judgment was given for plaintiff against the captain for the amount claimed and costs. Leave to appeal was granted.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19081005.2.12.20
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3009, 5 October 1908, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
124CLAIM FOR DAMAGED CARGO. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3009, 5 October 1908, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in