The Musselcrag
District Court, N.D. California
In Admiralty. Action to recover for damage to cargo
1Opinion of the Court
DE HAVEN, District Judge.
This libel was filed against the ship Musselcrag to recover for alleged damage to a cargo of cement, shipped on that vessel at Antwerp for carriage to the port of San Francisco. The cargo consisted of 3,278 tons of cement, and of this 2,350 tons were stowed in the lower hold and 928 tons between-decks. The cement was damaged by reason of water, which came through the seams of the deck, and it is claimed by the libelant that the opening of the seams and the consequent damage to the cargo was the result either in whole or in part of improper stowage, in this, that the…
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