Hobbs v Petersham Transport Co Pty Ltd
124 CLR 220(Judgment by: Owen J)
Between: Hobbs
And: Petersham Transport Co Pty Ltd
Judges:
Barwick CJ
McTiernan J
Menzies J
Windeyer J
Owen J
Subject References:
Contract
Bailment
Carriage of goods
Due care
Failure to deliver
Onus of proof
Duty of bailee
Sub-contractor
Judgment date: 30 June 1971
Sydney
Judgment by:
Owen J
The facts and the relevant evidence are set out in the judgment of the Chief Justice, which I have had the advantage of reading. I agree with him that the evidence established that the non-delivery of the goods was not due to any negligence on the part of the carrier. The fact that the fracture of the axle was a "clean" and a "fresh" break seems to me to dispose of any suggestion that there may have been a pre-existing crack in it which might have been discovered before the vehicle was used for the carriage of the goods in question.
I would allow the appeal.
(1970) 92 W.N. (N.S.W.) 137
(1967) 117 CLR 448
(1968) 117 CLR 498
, at pp. 538-539
*1915* 1 KB 73 , at pp. 90-91
1923 S.C. (H.L.) 43, at p. 54
*1937* 1 KB 534 , at pp. 538-539
*1915* 1 KB 73
[1915] 1 K.B., at p. 97
[1915] 1 K.B., at p. 87
(1956) 96 CLR 99
(1966) 115 CLR 493
(1967) 117 C.L.R., at p. 457
(1932) 48 CLR 157 , at p. 166
*1966* 1 QB 716 , at p. 726
(1970) 92 W.N. (N.S.W.) 137
(1881) 7 Q.B.D. 510
*1950* 2 KB 534
(1970) 92 W.N. (N.S.W.) 137
(1703) 1 Salkeld 26 [91 E.R. 25]; 2 Ld. Raym. 909 [92 E.R. 107]
(1801) 2 B. & P. 416 [126 E.R. 1359]
*1966* 1 QB 716
[1970] 1 W.L.R. 1262 ; (1970) 44 A.L.J.R. 269
[1968] 3 N.S.W.R. 551
[1966] 2 LI.L.R. 142, at pp. 147-148
*1915* 1 KB 73 , at p. 88
*1962* 1 QB 694
[1966] 2 LI.L.R. 72
[1918] V.L.R. 615
[1924] N.Z.L.R. 890
(1919) 175 N.W. 300
[1960] V.R. 376
(1966) 115 CLR 493
[1922] N.Z.L.R. 662
[1924] N.Z.L.R. 890, at p. 896
(1970) 124 CLR 192
(1949) 49 S.R. (N.S.W.) 373, at pp. 376-377
(1877) 2 App. Cas. 792
(1870) L.R. 5 C.P. 437
(1848) 2 Ex. 415 [154 E.R. 554]
[1961] A.C. 807 , at p. 865
(1869) L.R. 4 Q.B. 379
(1907) 27 N.Z.L.R. 489