DAMAGE TO CARGO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17347, 19 December 1919, Page 3

DAMAGE TO CARGO.

I SHIPPING COMPANY SUED. I JUDGMENT FOR PLAEJTB^S. I Judgment was given by "Mr J W j Poynton, S.M., in Magistrate'** Courc | yesterday in the ca*e in ',«]&£ <4he I Dominion Portland Cement Company .(Mr. yesterday in the ca*e in .v&m. -"the Dominion Portland Cement Company .(Mr. I Tow)e) sued the Northern Steamship Com" J j pany (Mr. Meredith for £110 damage*. __ j The plaintiff company alleged that a cars.") of cement was damaged to the extent mentioned in the claim while being carried by the auxiliary schooner Paroto from Portland to Auckland on December 5 ' 1917. After having quoted authorities,--Mr. - Poynton said that it appeared to him that, whether the damage to the cement on the Paroto resulted from defective caulking, of which there was strong evidence, or from the Heri-., opening through strain, of w v 'ch t -■•» vat- sligH;.; • <■ htier «v; .7..: <■-.>.. the ship <. -nn •.-.■•■ Me. ..._»! o, if it b-->d ri r: - .i _-„ '.-.. Lhcdeckki ~ would r.uv t>z: ? o r -id s<_ : -ecly as it did in the ww> her ai_i_ se*. encountered o i. thai, By no a .*etct r ig of t-.-ni conic it be sai 1 to hav e oeen an i " acx of God," and although unaware ..of | the delect, the owners were not relieved . .from ■"responsibility. J"'.'_cEient wa3 accordingly given for the plaintiff company, with coats. The actual amount of damage -sas left for agreement between counsel.