London and North-Western Railway Co v J P Ashton and Co: HL 29 Jul 1919

To give a carrier the benefit of the provision of the Carriers Act 1830 limiting liability on the part of the carrier, he must prove that the loss of the goods occurred during transit by land.
Decision of the Court of Appeal, 1918, 2 K.B. 488, affirmed.

Lords Finlay, Atkinson, Shaw, and Sumner
[1919] UKHL 436, 57 SLR 436
Bailii
England and Wales

Transport

Updated: 20 January 2022; Ref: scu.632782