The St. Hubert

McPHERSON, District Judge.

In July, 1897, Stanley & Co., of Calcutta, acting as ageijts for Cooper, Smith & Co., of Philadelphia, who were the owners of the goods, shipped 65 bales of goat skins on board the steamships Palawan and City of Sparta; 40 hales going hy the Palawan, and 25 hy the Sparta. The Palawan was a vessel of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, and the Sparta was a vessel of the Oity Line, neither line carrying goods further than the port of London. The skins were shipped upon through hills of lading, and were to be delivered “unto order ⅜ * * at the port of…