Legal Opinion
Seefahrer
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 25, 1904No. 13,298Published
In Admiralty. Suit to recover for short delivery of cargo.
1Opinion of the Court
DE HAVEN, District Judge.
This is a libel to recover damages for an alleged short delivery of freight shipped at Antwerp on the German ship Seefahrer. The bills of lading issued by the master acknowledged the receipt on board the Seefahrer for delivery at San Francisco of 145,503 pounds of canary seed and 5,649 pounds of poppy seed; but, in addition to this general statement of weight, they also contain the printed clause, “Weight, measure and contents unknown.” The vessel delivered at San Francisco 138,743 pounds of canary seed and 4,331 pounds of poppy seed, and, in addition to this,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Allegro v. LeberDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1882
- Planters' Fertilizer Mfg. Co. v. ElderCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1900