Legal Opinion
The California
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 5, 1946No. 117 of 1941PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WELSH, District Judge.
This is a libel in rem filed by the Globe Solvents Company against the Steamship California for damage to cargo, which was in transit on said vessel, claimed to be due to the negligence of the respondent. Trial was had before the Court without a jury.
Discussion
The law imposes upon carriers the duty to carefully handle and stow cargo and to care for and properly deliver same. The Willfaro, D.C., 9 F.2d 940. The evidence discloses that to protect the cargo of Libellant the respondent furnished one inch *720of open dunnage and two inches of closed dunnage. This three inches of…
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