Bingham v. Osaka Shosen Kaisha

BONDY, District Judge.

On February 8, 1927, there were delivered to the respondent as a common carrier at Tientsin, China, four bales of press-packed untanned rabbit skins to 'be carried by the Seikyo Maru to Darien and there to be transshipped to the Havre Maru for transportation to New York, where they arrived and were discharged April 18, 1927. They were delivered and receipted for in good order and condition on April 19, 1927, but on examination were found to be “heated, soft, rotted and stuck together.” Notice of the damage was given to respondent’s agent by letter mailed April 20, 1927…