Bulkley v. Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co.

This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States sitting in admiralty for the district, of Massachusetts. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. The principal question involved was thus stated by Mr. Loring in the opening of his argument: One of the questions presented, the only one decided in the courts below, is whether or not a vessel may be liable, in a suit in rem, for the loss of or damage done to merchandise never received on board. It was held that the mere reception of goods by the master or owners, for the purpose of being carried in a particular…