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Grant v Norway is a case on the Law of Carriage of Goods by Sea; but since 1992 it has no longer been good law.
This was an action upon the case by the indorsees of a bill of lading, against the owners of a vessel, to recover the amount of advances made by the former upon the bills of lading, the goods never having in fact been shipped.
The court held that a statement in a bill of lading that goods have been shipped is of only prima facie evidential value, and its terms may be rebutted by evidence to the contrary.
The justification for the case was that a carrier should not suffer liability if the ship's master had fraudulently colluded with a dishonest shipper and had issued a bill declaring untruthfully that goods had been loaded. be acting in breach of the legal fiduciary duty to his employer/principal].