The Strathdon
District Court, E.D. New York
This is an action by the sole owners of the cargo of the steamship Strathdon to recover contribution from the ship owners to damage to the cargo resulting from a fire on the vessel during the voyage.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
On November 1, 1893, the ship Strath-don, bound from Java to Mew York, while passing through the Suez Canal, was set on lire between decks by the overheating of the donkey boiler, through die neglect of the man in charge thereof, and without the personal negligence of the ship owners. The means employed to extinguish the lire caused the losses which are the subject of adjustment in this action, which is brought by the owners of the cargo, which is a single interest, to recover contribution from the ship owners. The facts are fully stated in the action between the same…
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