Legal Opinion
The S. S. Asturias
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 6, 1941PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULBERT, District Judge.
This is a suit in rem in admiralty to recover cargo damage.
The Norwegian Steamship Asturias arrived at the Port of New York on February 22, 1938 from Brazil, after a voyage of twenty days with a cargo of 36,500 bags of cocoa beans and 69 bales of wax.
It was stipulated at the trial that the libelants were the holders for value of seven bills of lading covering 18,000 bags of these cocoa beans, out of which libelants claim 1,171 bags were wet in transit, and the contents, to some extent, were damaged by moisture. Those bags were opened and the damaged cocoa beans,…
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