Loeb v. S.S. Washington Mail

KNOX, District Judge.

In this suit, libelants seek recovery of the sum of $4,607.50, the agreed value of 38 bales of rubber which, out of a shipment of 224 bales, were undelivered after the steamship, Washington Mail, discharged her cargo; part at ¿Los An-geles, and the remainder at San Diego, California, in September and October, 1951.

According to the bills of lading, libel-ants’ shipment was to be carried from Penang to San Francisco, but, due to dock conditions prevailing at the latter *208port, the ship proceeded to Los Angeles, and then to San Diego. She reached Los Angeles on September 28,…