Ætna Ins. v. Davidson S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Dibels by the .¿Etna Insurance Company and another against the Davidson Steamship Company and by the Steamship Company against E. R. Bacon, consolidated. From a decree in favor of the Steamship Company, the Insurance Company and others and respondent Bacon appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
Appellee’s schooner went to appellant Bacon’s elevator at South Chicago to be loaded with corn destined to Buffalo. While at the elevator dock she sprang a leak, and the cargo was somewhat damaged. Appellants, one the owner and the others the insurers, who had paid part of the loss on the cargo, alleged that the leak was due to the unseaworthiness of the schooner and to improper loading by appellee. According to appellee’s libel against Bacon, owner of cargo, elevator, and dock, the loading, which was properly done, lowered the schooner so that her keel rested upon and…
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