Société Transoceanique De Transporte v. Schnell

WARD, Circuit Judge.,

This is a libel by the owners of the steamer He de Sumatra to recover expenses incurred by them in disposing of a part of a shipment of onions condemned by the board of health of the city of New York, and a cross-libel by Schnell & Co. to recover of the shipowners for damage to the onions.

If the bill of lading only were before me, I think the exceptions of damage caused by heating in holds and what is translated as faultiness of the goods would cover these onions, and that the burden of proof would be on Schnell & Co. to show the shipowners’ negligence in connection with…