Legal Opinion
Waterman S. S. Corp. v. United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 24, 1946No. 11554PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Circuit Judge.
Waterman Steamship Corporation, respondent below, prosecuted this appeal from a final decree in admiralty awarding U. S. Smelting, Refining & Mining Co., libellant below, damages for the loss of thirteen pieces of structural steel from a shipment of 698 pieces. Libelant, hereinafter called the shipper, delivered the steel to respondent, hereinafter called the carrier, at Baltimore, for carriage on its vessel, the “West Kyska,” to the shipper’s order at Seattle. The carrier stowed a quantity of this steel on deck, with permission granted by a bill of lading for on-deck…
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