HARLAND & WOLFF, LTD. v. BURNS & LAIRD LINES, LTD.

(1931) 40 Ll L Rep 286

COURT OF SESSION.

Before the Lord President (Lord Clyde), Lord Blackburn and Lord Morison.

Contract of affreightment-Agreement by defenders to carry pursuers' machinery from Glasgow to Belfast-Capsizing of vessel-Loss of machinery-Claim- Machinery shipped under sailing bills providing that defenders were not to be liable for "unseaworthiness or unfitness in ship . . . before, at, or after, the commencement of the voyage"- Alleged unseaworthiness-Liability of defenders - Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1924, Schedule, Arts. I, III, VI- Acknowledgment of shipment in good condition given after loss-Whether constituting a bill of lading