Benoni Produce & Coal Co v Railways & 31 Harbours Minister Of [1914] ZAWLD 10 (24 April 1914)

Carriers.-Railway.-Carriage of goods.- Liability for.- Inevitable Superior Force."-Act 1'3 of 1908, sec. 18 (1), (d).Civil commotion.-Riotous assembly.

An act of destruction committed by persons riotously assembled to the number of two hundred or more, during a time of civil commotion, is an act caused by "inevitable superior force," within the meaning of sec. 18 (1) (d), of. Act 13 of 1908.