New York & Cuba Mail S. S. Co. v. American S. S. Owners' Mut. Protection & Indemnity Ass'n

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

Faults in navigation by both ships brought the libelant’s steamship Mexico into collision in the harbor at New York with the steamship Hamilton. The master of the Mexico justifiably there incurred expenses of a general average nature. These expenses were stated by average adjustors and cargo contributed accordingly.

Suits against each vessel, in one of which this libelant sued both as owner of the Mexico and bailee of her cargo, were settled on an .equal fault basis. Tn the computation between the ships, the contributions in general average made by the Mexico’s cargo were…