Producer Meats (North Island) Ltd. v Thomas Borthwick and Sons (Australasia) Ltd. - [1963] NZLR 869

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 held at owner's risk — Meat damaged through negligence of licensee — Licensee a bailee for reward — Endorsement a term of contract — Whether protecting licensee from liability for damage caused by its 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 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 its negligence — Meat Act 1939, s. 33.