East Indian Railway Company vs Messrs Nathmall Behari Lal on 12 March, 1917
5. As to the case of East Indian Railway Co. v. Nathmal Behari Lal (1922) 1 A.C. 178 (188), referred to above, it is to be noted that the only circumstance which the plaintiff had there proved was the fact that the goods had been despatched and on arrival of the train in Cawnpore the seals of the doors of waggons were found to have been broken and six bags of sugar found missing. The learned Judges were doubtful whether it was not a case of theft from a running train.