Isthmian Steamship Company, a Corporation v. California Spray-Chemical Corporation, a Corporation

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty to recover damages for injury to cargo occurring on navigable waters at Alexandria, Egypt. The district court’s jurisdiction was based on 28 U.S.C. § 1333. The district court entered an interlocutory decree in favor of libelant and providing for a reference to ascertain the amount of damages. This court has jurisdiction of the appeal taken from the interlocutory decree. 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a) (3).

Libelant-appellee, California Spray-Chemical Corporation, shipped a quantity of an agricultural chemical, known as cotton dust, packed in fiber drums,…