A LOST BOX.
[BY TKLEGRAriT.—PRESS association.] Wellington-. Wednesday. A cask of interest to the travelling public was heard to-Gay by Mr. Haselden, S.M., being that, ol Miss Baiter v. the Union Steamship CYmpany. claim £15 for a box lost after being landed on Wellington Wharf from the Botomahana. Plaintiff, after the luggage was landed on the wharf, asked that it be taken back again in order that she might call for it next morning, and an officer of the ship agreed to keep "the luggage in charge. Plaintiff said she gave back three boxes. Two were returned, but the third is missing. It was contended that the landing of the packages on the wharf was delivery, and that on this delivery being effected the liability of the defendant as a common carrier ceased, and defendant became a warehouseman or bailee for reward and therefore liable only for netdir'ence. The Magistrate held that the balance of evidence was in favour of the contention that there was no real ivery, and he gave judgment for the plaintiff for £12, with costs £2 13s. The amount was not contested, only the principle being argued.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11954, 1 May 1902, Page 6
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