Legal Opinion
Pan-Am Trade & Credit Corp. v. Campfire
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 13, 1945PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBELL, District Judge.
The judicial determination of this suit in admiralty presents the question, whether a provision of a bill of lading which limits the liability of the carrier for a partial loss to a pro rata part of the statutory limit of $500.00 per package, is invalid as in violation of § 4, subdiv. (5), of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act. 46 U.S.C.A. § 1304(5).
The libel herein was filed in the name of Pan-Am Trade & Credit Corporation and Saman Hnos, alleged to be the shippers, consignee and owners of two cases of rayon piece goods shipped from New York on July 8, 1943 on the S. S.…
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