Hapag-Lloyd, A. G. v. Levine

MEMORANDUM DECISION

MARSHALL, District Judge.

In this admiralty suit, the plaintiff seeks $3,225.60 in unpaid freight charges under a contract of carriage providing for goods exported by defendant to be shipped from Norfolk, Virginia to Felixstowe, England. The plaintiff, Hapag-Lloyd, is a German corporation engaged as a common carrier of merchandise on the high seas. Defendant, Ernest L. Levine, doing business as Gerald Export and Import Company, is an exporter and importer of merchandise in both foreign and domestic commerce. Our jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1333. After…