A CONSIGNOR'S LIABILITY.
(Per Press Association.) , Invercargill, May 5. A reserved judgment was given by Mr Cruickshank, S.M., to-day m the case of Mackerras and Hazlett v; W. Bartlet, of Wright's Bush, a_ case involving rather an interesting point. The claim was for £1 2s 3d, the value of a consigiimeiit of goods "which, it.was stated l had been forwarded to the Railway Department, but had gone astray in transit from Bluif to Wright's Bush. The magistrate held that delivery to a common carrier (in this case the Railway Department) constituted delivery to the purchaser, and his Worship gave judgment for the amount claimed, with costs amounting to a guinea.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10760, 6 May 1911, Page 3
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110A CONSIGNOR'S LIABILITY. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10760, 6 May 1911, Page 3
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