CLAIM FOR LOSS OF LUGGAGE.
(nuns MsocufioH mttuux.l WELLINGTON, August 10. A claim was made against the Shaw-i Sarill Company for £SO for the loss of a cabin trunk and contents, which had been consigned from Wellington to Weßtport. The plaintiff booked from Liverpool to Wellington, and the back of the passenger ticket isßued contained a clause undertaking to forward a specified quantity of luggage to Westport. The defence contended that the journey from Liverpool to Wellington was governed by the English law, and the coastwise journey by the New Zealand law, which was that the defendant company was not liable for loss of luggage beyond £lO, unless the value was declared and extra freight paid. Thia was not done. The Magistrate upheld this point, and gave judgment for the defendant company.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17221, 11 August 1921, Page 6
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