Parker v South Eastern Railway (1877) 2 CPD 416
Mr. Parker left a bag in the cloakroom of a railway station. On depositing his bag and paying two pence he received a ticket, which, on its back, stated that the railway was excluded from liability for items worth £10 or more. Parker failed to read the clause as he thought the ticket was only a receipt of payment. He admitted however that he knew the ticket contained writing.
The question for the court was whether the clause applied to Mr. Parker.
The Court held that as Mr. Parker was aware the ticket contained writing, he would be presumed to know of the existence of the clause. However, it also ruled that the railway must have shown that it went to reasonable efforts to bring the condition to Mr. Parker's attention.
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