Trading Co. of Afghanistan, Inc. v. United States

DISSENTING OPINION

Richaedson, Judge:

The plaintiff, The Trading Company of Afghanistan, Inc., imported from Afghanistan a shipment of 720 bales of raw carpet wool for carpet manufacturing, which arrived at the port of New York on February 7, 1957. All of the bales were shipped to Mid-Hudson Warehouse of Jersey City, Inc., a bonded warehouse in Jersey City, N.J. Sometime later and prior to January 28,1960, six bales of the merchandise disappeared. The plaintiff *13filed a claim against the warehouse for what it considered the value of the missing merchandise, $1,263.80, and settled the claim with…