DAMAGED GOODS
SHIP-OWNERS" LIABILITY An appeal from the decision in December last of Mr. W. G. Riddel!, S.M., in the case of George Doughty and Co. v. the Shaw-Savill and Albion Company was heard by his Honour Sir John Salmond in the Supreme Court, to-day. The plaintiffs, consignees of 39 packages of goods by the s.s. Matatua, owned by the defendants in August, 1918, claimed damages for the condition in which one package was received. It was claimed that this package had been pillaged, and this was admitted, and, further, that serious damage had been caused by wet. The defendants paid 19s Sd, the cost, of a pair of boots pillaged, but refused to pay for damage to the rest of the , contents of the case, which had apparently been stained with whisky or some other fluid. The defendants sold the goods and claimed £50 8s 6d. including the difference between tho price, obtained at the sale and the value of the goods—an amount of£49 9s Id. The case for the defence was that the defendants were not liable under the bill of lading for the damage, by wet, and the Magistrate, in his decision, upheld the contention, and gave judgment for the defendants. Against this the plaintilts appealed. Mr, D. S. Smith appeared for the appellants. Mr. M. Myers for the respondents. His Honour reserved his decision.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 124, 26 May 1920, Page 8
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228DAMAGED GOODS Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 124, 26 May 1920, Page 8
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