Stirnimann v. The San Diego

BRIGHT, District Judge.

Libelant seeks to recover for damages to a giant amusement crane, owned by him, and Shipped at LeHavre, France, in the steamship San Diego, owned by the claimant and respondent, on or about November 25, 1938, for use at the San Francisco Exposition on Treasure Island, and which was delivered on the pier at San Francisco on January 4 and 5, 1939. The libel has two causes of action, the first alleging that respondent, a common carrier, received the crane, consisting of 126 parts, in good order and condition, and delivered it badly damaged; and the second, that the damage *799w…