Pakhuismeesteren, S.A. v. S/S Goettingen

McLEAN, District Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty by a Belgian corporation against a German ship and her owner, a German steamship line, to recover for damage to a shipment of rust preventive coatings which allegedly occurred during the course of a voyage from New York to Antwerp. Respondent moves to dismiss the libel on the ground that the parties have agreed to submit the controversy to the courts of Hamburg, Germany.

The bill of' lading issued in New York was a so-called short form which provided that the carriage of the goods was subject to all the terms contained in the carrier’s regular…