DAMAGED APPLES
CLAIM ALLOWED
(United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright)
LONDON, May 12
Judge Beazley, in the County Court at Hull, gave judgment in favour of White and Sons on a claim in respect to damaged apples carried aboard the Hobson Bay in 1931. This a test case, and it likely to go to the Appeal Court.
Defendants pleadetl “inherent vice” in the apples. The judge found that the fruit was sound when shipped, hut was carried in an uneven temperature, constituting “failure to exercise due care in custody.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 May 1933, Page 5
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