E. E. McCurdy Limited (in Liquidation) v Postmaster-General and Another - [1959] NZLR 553

Trover and detinue — Postal packet — Rival claimants for postal packet — Interpleader summons issued promptly by Postmaster-General to have rival claims determined by Court — Postmaster-General always ready and willing to hand postal packet to lawful owner — No cause of action in detinue maintainable by successful claimant against Postmaster-General — Code of Civil Procedure, R. 482

Post Office — Post and telegraph — Postal packet — Postal packet detained by Postmaster-General pending result of interpleader proceedings begun by him to ascertain lawful owner — No claim in detinue maintainable against him "by reason of any default, delay, omission or loss in relation to a postal packet" — "Default" — "Omission" — Post and Telegraph Act 1928, s. 140.