Producer Meats (North Island) Limited v Thomas Borthwick and Sons (Australia) Limited - [1964] NZLR 700

Bailment — Bailment for reward — Stock accepted under statutory obligation by licensee of export slaughterhouse for slaughtering and export on behalf of owner — Killing sheet endorsed that meat uninsured and held at owner's risk — Meat damaged through negligence of licensee — Whether endorsement a term of contract — Whether protecting licensee from results of own negligence.

Bailment — Meat — Stock accepted under statutory obligation by licensee of export slaughterhouse for slaughtering and export on behalf of owner — Killing sheet endorsed that meat uninsured and held at owner's risk — Meat damaged through negligence of licensee — Whether endorsement a term of contract — Whether void as purporting to relieve licensee from statutory obligation — Whether protecting licensee from liability for damage caused by own negligence — Meat Act 1939, s. 33.