§ 44. Sir N. GRIFFITHSasked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention had been drawn to the refusal of the railway companies to pay compensation for damages caused to goods in transit even when such damages can be proved to be due to negligence or carelessness on the part of their employés; and what action he was prepared to take in the matter?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI am not sure what cases my hon. and gallant Friend has in mind, but as regards the statutory liability of railway companies for injury to goods in transit I would refer him to Section 7 of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 as showing the legal position of railway companies in the matter.