Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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PETERSEN v. RONAASEN & SON.

(1926) 25 Ll.L.Rep. 166

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice MacKinnon.

Charter-party - Freight - Measurement of cargo (firewood) - Clause in charter-party requiring payment of freight on out-turn quantities-Cargo measured at destination-Cost-Whether to be borne by shipowner or charterers-Bills of lading filled up by defendants (charterers) through their agents-Shipowner's (plaintiff's) prima facie case to be paid freight on bills of lading quantity-Burden of rebutting shipowner's prima facie case on defendants -Found to be no express or implied undertaking by shipowner to reimburse defendants the cost of measuring at destination-Judgment for shipowner.

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