Wyman v. The Sprott
District Court, S.D. New York
This was a libel by Franklin Wyman against the steamship Sprott to recover damages to part of a consignment of wool in bales.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The libel was filed to recover damages to 33 bales of wool, part of a consignment of 163 bales shipped at Antwerp by J. B. Moores & Co. April 18, 1895, on the steamship Sprott, bound for Boston and damaged by sea water on the voyage. The libelant was the purchaser of the goods and indorsee of *328tbe bill of lading, which was in the usual form and excepted perils of the seas.
Ten of the damaged bales were stowed on deck, on- top of the after hatch. During bad weather some heavy seas were shipped, the bales were wet, the lashings became loosened, and through shifting of the…
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