Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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CHARLES BROWN & CO., LTD., AND OTHERS v. NITRATE PRODUCERS' STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD.

(1937) 58 Ll.L.Rep. 188

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Porter.

Bill of lading-Unseaworthiness- Latent defect-Damage to plaintiffs' wheat cargo owing to leaky rivets-Claim against shipowners-Whether due diligence exercised by shipowners to make vessel in all respects seaworthy- Evidence of previous surveys and of vessel's condition-Weather not unusual on voyage-Meaning of "latent defect" -Canadian Water-Carriage of Goods Act, 1910, Sects. 6, 7.

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