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paiement des frais de transport, sans protestation, éteint tout droit d'action contre le voiturier, à moins que la perte ou l'avarie ne soit telle qu'elle ne pût alors être connue, auquel cas la réclamation doit être faite sans délai après que la perte oule dommage a été connu du réclamant.

2 Pardessus, Droit Com., n°° 547 et 554,— C, Com,, 105,

Jurisp.— 1, Sovoral packages of goods were shipped from London to a merchant at Quebec, where upon the arrival of the vessel and after delivery of the packages, it was ascertained that some of the goods were missing from one of the packages. Notice not having been given until several months afterwards, it was théereupon held that the master Was not responsible for the deficiency.— swinburne & Massue, Stuart’ Rop., 509,

9, In general, a consignes who complains of short delivery or damage of goods ought at once to protest, in order that the disputed facts may be investigated.— In general, a survey ought to be had without delay, upon goods delivered in a damaged state, and this after notice to the parties interested, especially in cases where the consignee intends to retain the goods.— Gaherty & Torrance, VI LC, 4,918,

3 Where under a bill of lading goods ‘“ were to be delivered from the ship's “deck where the ship's responsibility shall coaso, at Montreal, unto the Grand “Trunk Railway Co. and by them to be forwarded thence by railway to Toronto “and there delivered” to plaintiff; the provision “no damage that ean be in- “sured against Will be paid for, nor will any claim whatever be admitted, un- “less made before the goods are removed,” held to apply to the removal from #. the ship at Montreal, and to be strictly binding on the consignees, And such a condition is not an unreasonable one and covers all damage, latent as well as apparent. And if any limitation of the condition could be implied, it could not reasonably go further than to exclude such damage only as could not have been disvovered on an examination of the goods, conducted with proper care and «kill at the place of removal, But a delay of several weeks in making a claim for damage done to goods on the ship would not of itself, and apart from the

above stated condition, be a suflicient answer tothe action.— Moore & Harris, I Q. 14 R,, 147.

1681. Le TAMADONS des personnes et des choses sur les chemins de fer, est sujet à des règles spéciales énoncées dans l’Acte concernant les Chemins de Fer.

SR, C,, ch, 66, ss, 96 à 102 et ss, 119 et 120.

L'acte concernant les chemins de fer est maintenant remplacé, pour les chemins de fer fédéraux, par l'acte OC. 31 Viet, € 6$, intitulé %lcte des chemins de fer, IS6S ”; et quant aux chemins de fer de la province de Québec, par l'acte de Q. 2 Viet.,e, 51, intitulé “ Acte des chemins de fer de Québec, 1869,"

1682. Les règles spéciales relatives au contrat de fret et au transport des passagers par bâtiment marchand sont énoncées dans le quatrième livre.

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