The Gutenfels

ADAMS, District Judge.

This action was brought by Marx & Rawolle, a corporation, against the steamship Gutenfels and her owner to recover the damages said to have been caused the libellant through the failure of the steamship to properly deliver in New York a quantity of shellac, shipped at Calcutta, India, on the 7th day of June, 1907, by John Miller & Co., and for which the libellant, after the delivery of the shellac to the steamer in Calcutta, purchased duly indorsed bills of lading on their faith and credit, for the sum of $14,836.39, the freight to New York having been prepaid. The…