S. C. Loveland Co. v. Bethlehem Steel Co.

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

S. C. Love-land Company, a corporation engaged in the transportation of merchandise in inland waters, contracted with the Bethlehem Steel Company to move 600 tons of pig iron from Sparrows Point, Maryland, to Hainesport, New Jersey. The contract did not specify any means of conveyance, although it appears that because of shallow water at Hainesport the movement of the cargo would be made on a deck lighter; nor was the voyage agreed upon, although it is not improbable that, because of the relative positions of the ports of origin and destination, both parties…