W. R. Grace & Co. v. Toyo Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha

GILBERT, Circuit Judge.

Alleging deviation from the stipulated voyage the appellant brought a libel in personam against the appellee to recover $200,000 for loss of 2,500 tons of sodium nitrate, shipped from Iquique and Antofagasta for Honolulu on the Japanese steamer Tokuyo Maru. The steamer proceeded from port of shipment northerly to San Francisco, and thence to Portland, Or., where she received additional cargo for the Orient. Shortly after leaving the mouth of the Columbia river she was destroyed by fire and all cargo was lost. The appellant was the agent of the appellee, in charge of its…