Legal Opinion
The Leerdam
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided October 26, 1925No. 16964PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURNS, District Judge.
Libelant, Mediterranean & General Traders, Incorporated, of New York, claims total damage to cargo consisting of 494 hags of whiting valued at $1,100, shipped in good order in January, 1922, on board the Dutch steamship Leer-dam, hound from Antwerp, Belgium, to New Orleans, damaged in transit by sea water flowing from a rivet hole in the forepeak tank into between deck No. 1 and lower hold No. 1 where the whiting was stored. The forepeak tank was filled with water ballast to trim ship in rough weather during the voyage.
Claimant admits shipment in good order, ownership…
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