Legal Opinion
The Kensington
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 6, 1898PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROW’N, District Judge.
The above libel was filed by Mrs. Bleecker and her daughter to recover for the loss of their trunks and personal effects upon their passage by the British steamship Kensing-ton, of the Red Star Line, from Antwerp to New York in December, 1897. The defense was a loss by sea perils, and second, a limitation to the sum of 250 francs under the provisions of the passenger ticket.
The libelants’ trunks were stowed in what was known as No. 2 upper steerage in the after part of the third deck above the hold, sometimes used for passengers. A few other trunks were stowed there,…
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