Legal Opinion
Schnell v. the Vallescura
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 3, 1934No. 134PublishedCited by 228 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
Petitioners brought suit in admiralty in the district court for Southern New York, to recover damages for injury to a shipment of onions on respondent’s S. S. “ Vallescura” from Spain to New York City. The onions, receipt of which in apparent good condition was acknowledged by the bill of lading, were delivered in New York damaged by decay. The vessel pleaded as a defense an exception, in the bill of lading, from liability for damage by “ decay ” and “ perils of the seas,” and that the damage “ was not due to any cause or event arising through any negligence on the part of the vessel, her…
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