UNPAID FREIGHT.
RIGHT TO DETAIN GOODS. :• .[BY TELEGRAPH.—PKESS ASSOCIATION.] ' ■•" Auckland, 51av 15. , V.A. cdsjj of odnsiderahlo\iittportimce. to. thai'mercaiitilc community is occupying the attention of Mr. Dyer, S.M. ; It is a claim by P. Spencer and Co. against the Company in respect' of twenty-five : cases received; on the steamer Marerc at : London for; carriage to Auckland. ■!:' • l .The; ; ruaiii, : point' at .issue is Trhethet-'a' shjpoilier'.is;.entitled- to -detain goods until: payiiierit 6f freight is>ctually hia"de, : arid \vliether the words-- freight payable justified everv • ono concerncd in tho bill-\)f lading assuming '• .that- freight bad,been acttialjy paid. .Plain-. ,tiffs pjircliascd a .bill of lading in good faith as', freight/paid, but ;thb c'biiiikiiy'ii ageiita detained" the goods until £7. 12s. had been . paid. ]. .. The .case is unfinished.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 199, 16 May 1908, Page 7
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122UNPAID FREIGHT. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 199, 16 May 1908, Page 7
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