La Territorial De Seguros, S. P. v. Shepard Steamship Co.

BRUCHHAUSEN, District Judge.

It was alleged in the libel and complaint herein that thirty-one rolls of rayon cord were turned over at Baltimore, Maryland, to respondent for shipment on the S. S. Minute Man, a common carrier, for delivery by the carrier to the consignee in Buenos Aires; that the respondent breached the contract of carriage and that the libellant, the subrogee of the consignee, sustained damage in the sum of $20,000.

The respondent, by separate defenses, alleged that it was not responsible for loss or damage to cargo arising or resulting from a fire on the vessel, also that the…