Legal Opinion
Doherr v. Houston
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 5, 1903PublishedCited by 12 opinions
In Admiralty. Action for damage to cargo.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, District Judge.
This is an action which was brought to recover damages to some part of 300 packages of fire crackers, shipped by the libellant at New York, on the 12th of June, 1900, on the steamship Hilarius, of which the respondents were the managing owners, for delivery at Buenos Ayres.
It appears that these fire crackers had come to New York from China in the same packages in which they were shipped on the Hilarius and there is testimony to the effect that they were delivered to the respondents in good order. The bill of lading contains the statement: “Pckgs. fire crackers frail.”…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The MississippiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1902
- The David & CarolineU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1865
3Cited by12 opinions
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- Hecht, Levis & Kahn, Inc. v. Ellerman & Bucknall S. S. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1936
- The PatriaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1903
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