BILLS OF LADING.
EXCEPTIONS TO LIABILITY. . £BT TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] ■ '';'''.'-'_.•-'".> Wellington, Tuesday. A reserved judgment important to shipowners and shippers alike was delivered by Mr. W. R. Haselden, S.M., to-day regarding an action brought by Sanders Bros., contractors, against the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Shipping Company, Ltd., a claim for £53 13s 9d, damages in respect of merchandise destroyed in transit. The shipping company took delivery of two packages of granite in Glasgow for transhipment to New Zealand. It was j alleged that while the freight, which was part of a consignment ordered for the Union Bank contract, was being discharged, it 'was dropped from the slings. "I am compelled on the authorities," remarked Mr. Haselden, "to hold that the damage alleged comes within the exceptions to liability provided for in the bill of lading. The whole action is based on the negligence of the servants of the de fendant, and harsh as it may appear the law is clearly laid down that such negligence may, by the terms of the bill of lading, exempt the . defendant from liability." Two cases were cited in support of the ruling. The plaintiffs were nonsuited.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14326, 23 March 1910, Page 8
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191BILLS OF LADING. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14326, 23 March 1910, Page 8
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