Bregaro v. The Centurion
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. These were libels by Jose Bregaro and by the American Sugar Refining Company-against the steamship Centurion, John Blumer & Co. claimants, to recover for damage to cargo. On petition of the claimants, the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Company, to which the ship-was under charter at the time of the damage, was cited in to answer therefor.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. These were libels by Jose Bregaro and by the American Sugar Refining Company-against the steamship Centurion, John Blumer & Co. claimants, to recover for damage to cargo. On petition of the claimants, the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Company, to which the ship-was under charter at the time of the damage, was cited in to answer therefor. The district court found that the loss was caused by negligent stowage, and entered a decree against both the ship and the charterers, to be collected in the first…
1Opinion of the Court
SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge.
Jose Bregaro shipped on board the steamship Centurion, at Ponce, Porto Rico, 250 casks of molasses, and his agent shipped on the same steamer, at Arroyo, 465 hogsheads of sugar, for transportation to New York. The bills of lading excepted the ship and its owners from liability for damage arising from perils of the sea. When the cargo was discharged in New York, *383on March 3, 1893, 88 casts of molasses were broken and empty, and others were partially empty from leakage. The sugar in the lower tiers of the hogsheads was partially dissolved by its mixture with the molasses…
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