IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 111, 13 May 1914, Page 5

IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.

SHHI?RrKG-:G€>MPENSATION CASE

HJBbess .Association.] (OReceivedMay 13,; 9.50 a.m.) \-- T . v .-SHiNES:; ilay > 13, The High .Court on appeal delivered a juragment of great importance to shipping ccivclejs. . A seaman sought' compensation from the Union (Compny 'f«Pi in juries, received aboard .t!ho steamer Moana when SOU) miles ttt sea. on the (return voyage $vom Ban Francisco to. Sydney. .. . ~...• .;- ■•■...:.-; •,■• .•■

The -claim \was 'based, ,-©. n a vovase from Syfeey *o :Sytkey, ; and therefore the ;s!tap under < Commonwealth, law -during <th© whole voyage Tiie. Compaq iteTd that it was not Sitabi© to pay ooTnpensation until the .vessel reached Cfomroonwe-silth-waters. The Coart ttpheM . the company's amt-ention.