Franklin Sugar-Refining Co. v. Silvia
District Court, S.D. New York
This was a libel by tbe Franklin Sugar-Refining Company against the steamship Silvia to recover damages for injury to a quantity of sugar consigned to libelant.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
On the delivery of the libelant’s consignment of sugar by the steamship Hilvia, in Philadelphia, in February, .1894, a. quantity of the sugar was found to have been damaged by sea water which had got info the ship through a glass port light, broken during the voyage. The port was supplied with a proper iron cover or dummy, which, however, was not closed or made fast at the time of sailing, although the hatches leading downward into that compartment were battened down. This, in my judgment, was negligence on the paid of the ship, for which (.Lie vessel and the owners…
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