American Foreign S. S. Corp. v. Amtorg Trading Corp.

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in admiralty from a decree of the district court holding appellant, American Foreign Steamship Corporation, hereinafter called Carrier, liable to appellee, Amtorg Trading Corporation, hereinafter called Shipper, (1) for non-performance of Carrier’s agreement to carry from the port of Jersey City, New Jersey, to the port of Petropavlovsk or the port of Vladivostok, Siberia, in Carrier’s American Steamer Wildwood, miscellaneous cargo, largely copper bullion, delivered to the Carrier by the Shipper and stowed on the Wildwood'by the Shipper, and (2) for…