The Babin Chevaye
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
.Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; Robert S. Bean, Judge. Suit in admiralty by George H. C. Meyer, H. R. E. Meyer, Jr., J. W. Wilson, and John M. Quaile, partners as Meyer, Wilson & Co., against the barque Babin Chevaye; Bureau Eréres & Bailergeau, claimants. Decree for claimants, and libelants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WORVERTON, District Judge.
This is a libel to recover damages to cargo sustained at sea while in transit upon the Erench barque Babin Chevaye from Antwerp, Belgium, to Portland, Or. The cause of damage relied upon is unseaworthiness of the ship at the time of entering upon her voyage in three particulars: Improper stowage, insufficient caulking of the main deck, and structural deficiency, in that two small hatches pierced the main deck, which could not be and were not battened down. The District Court found against libelants, and they appeal.
Some question is made relative to the sufficiency of…
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