The Lake Allen
District Court, E.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by the St. Lawrence Sugar Refineries, Limited, against the steamship Lake Allen, the United States, claimant, and the Panama Railroad Company, impleaded.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATFIELD, District Judge.
[1] This action is brought for damages to a cargo of Peruvian sugar, brought on the steamer Lake Allen from the Panama Zone to New' York, in March, 1919. The sugar, which had been in a warehouse several years, was in dark, discolored bags of poor quality, but according to the testimony of the witnesses no damage has been traced to any source except wetting by salt water, particularly affecting the three lower tiers in the No. 3 hold of the vessel. According to the testimony, the sugar from the other holds did not show damage from salt water, while that from the lower…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Luckenbach v. W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- The SouthwarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- The Edwin I. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- The Carib PrinceSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Pendleton v. Benner LineSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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