Steam-Ship Co. Carl v. Hagemeyer

The above are cross-libels, — the first to recover freight on a cargo of barley shipped on the steam-ship Dan, at Copenhagen, in February, 1888, to be delivered in New York; the second, for damages to the barley, through alleged negligence in stowing it against an iron bulkhead abaft the engine-room, whereby it became injured through heat. As the Dan was chartered to transport this specific cargo only, she was not a common carrier. Sumner v. Caswell, 20 Fed. Rep. 249. She was therefore not an insurer of the safe delivery of the cargo, and can be held only upon proof of negligence. The…