Gough v. Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Aktiengesellschaft

ADAMS, District Judge.

This action was brought by Richard Gough and another, composing the firm of Richard Gough and Company, against the Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Aktiengesell-schaft, the charterer of the steamship Neebing, to recover the damage received through the wetting of 239 bags of rice, while being transported by that steamer from Hamburg to Montreal, Canada, in September, 1903. It is alleged by the libellant that the damage “was due to the improper, defective and insufficient condition of the hatch covers of said vessel, which permitted water to leak through said hatches upon…