Thomas Roberts & Co. v. Calmar SS Corporation

KALODNER, District Judge.

This is a libel for cargo damage against the Calmar Steamship Corporation wherein the libellant cargo owner, Thomas Roberts & Company, has joined the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company as a respondent.

The legal status of the libellant, its ownership of the goods, the fact of the shipment and issuance to libellant of the bill of lading and certificates of insurance, the fact of damages and the amount of libellant’s net expense in reconditioning the goods are admitted by respondents by stipulation. Although there are collateral issues, there are two broad…