Burrell v. Armstrong
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Action by the owners of a cargo of the steamship Strathdon to recover contribution from the shipowners to damage to the cargo resulting from a Are on the vessel during the voyage. From a judgment of the district court for the Eastern district of New York (94 Fed. 206) in favor of defendants, the complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
.PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal by the claimants, owners of a cargo in part destroyed by fire while in transit upon the steamship Strathdon, and in part saved,, but damaged in extinguishing the fire, from a decree in a proceeding instituted by the shipowners for limitation of • liability. The decree below adjudged that the fire was. not caused by the design or neglect of the owners of the vessel, and the loss was occasioned without; their privity and knowledge, and exonerated and discharged them for all loss and damage *602arising from or growing out of it, except contribution in general average.…
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