Legal Opinion
The Sikh
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 30, 1909PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In Admiralty. Suit by Samuel Hecht and others against the steamship Sikh for short delivery of cargo.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, District Judge.
The one question of fact here presented is whether the Sikh, upon arrival at Baltimore from Kobe, did or did not deliver to libelants the quantity of matting set forth in the bill of lading on which this action is based.
The matting in question had been on the sailing ship Ropes, which after injury by storm put into Kobe and there transshipped her cargo to the Sikh. The bill of lading issued for the matting owned by libel-ants recites in usual form the receipt in apparent good order and condition of “29,641 packages only.” It declares in terms that this is “transshipment…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rhodes v. . NewhallNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Sawyer v. Cleveland Iron Min. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1895
- The Willie D. SandhovalDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- Rommel v. National Travelers Benefit Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1918