General Hide & Skin Corp. v. United States

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This is a cargo damage suit. All questions of physical damage to/and/or shortage of cargo have been disposed of by agreement between the parties, and claims therefor are withdrawn from the libel, leaving as the issue to be tried the right, of the libelant to recover for alleged decline in market value of the shipment, and the amount thereof.

The skins in question were shipped by China Hide & Produce Company, of New York, °Inc., at Tientsin, Taku Bar, on the steamship Archer, unto order of Irving Bank-Columbia Trust Co., New York, notify Gem eral Hide & Skin…