Miles Metal Corporation v. M. S. Havjo, Her Engines, Etc., and A/s Havbor (Meyer Line), Defendant

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Southern District of New York, limiting to $500 its recovery for the loss of a shipment of goods that was to be carried by defendant from New York to Rotterdam aboard the M.S. “Havjo.” We reverse.

On July 2, 1969, the Miles Metal Corporation delivered to the defendant steamship line, A/S Havbor, for carriage aboard the M.S. “Havjo”, a pallet consisting of twenty boxes containing cadmium metal balls. The cargo was accepted by the defendant at the 36th Street Pier in Brooklyn, New York, and a dock receipt was issued. It was agreed…