Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd. v. Inland Waterways Corp.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff below, is a privately owned steamship company, incorporated under the laws of Canada. Appellee, defendant below, is a wholly owned government corporation, created by act of Congress1 to operate “to the best advantage of the Government” the government owned inland canal and coastwise waterways system.

The suit arose out of the fact that defendant, as plaintiff’s agent, to clear, and forward from New Orleans to Montreal, Canada, a shipment of castor oil, instead of clearing it through the customs on an “in transit” entry and duty free, cleared it…