John G. Wright & Co. v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.

This action was brought at law in the state court and removed therefrom. It is an action brought for damage to cargo on a vessel owned by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation and operated by the ■Oriental Navigation Company. *

The first motion by the plaintiff to make more definite and certain defenses set up in the thirteenth clause of the answer, which alleges that the damage was caused by one or more of seven clauses of the bill of lading exempting the carrier from liability should clearly be granted.

The second action is to strike ou…