Legal Opinion
Bethel v. Mellor & Rittenhouse Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 27, 1904No. 34PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Admiralty. Action to recover freight.
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, District Judge.
This suit is for a balance of freight, amounting to $838.21, claimed by the libelant to be due on a cargo of licorice root, shipped from Alexandretta to Philadelphia on the ship Cilurnum, under a charter party. When the cargo arrived here on the 16th day of April, 1901, it was found that more than three times the usual number of bales had been broken, and the root stowed away in every available space in the ship, even between the battens. The respondent avers:
“That the said cutting and breaking was due to a want of proper care, or rough handling in stowage, and to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The T. A. GoddardDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1882
- Menendez v. The KeystoneDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1886
- The Boskenna BayDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1884
- Robinson v. Franklin Sugar Refining Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1895
3Cited by3 opinions
- Golcar S. S. Co. v. Tweedie Trading Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1906
- Mobile, Miami & Gulf S. S. Co. v. Lake Giltedge S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- The TrignacDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1909