Martino Hroncich, Libellant-Appellant v. American President Lines, Ltd., and Seaboard Contracting Co., Inc

GANEY, Circuit Judge.

Prior to its arrival at the port of Ho-boken, New Jersey, the lower No. 1 tween deck of the S. S. President Tyler had been filled to the top in tiers of crude rubber bales, roughly in the shape of cubes. Most of the bales were approximately eighteenincheshigh and weighed be-twee? 21° a*d 250 pounds- At the deep; es* eva1’ tbe^ w®re appr0X1" lately twenty to twenty-five tiers deep, There was no solid material separating tbe bale® from °ne another efn thoagh ^ had a tendency to _ stick together wben pressure was applied to them m relatively warm temperatures,

On August 26,…