The Soyo Maru
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. Suit in admiralty by E. Dubedat and A. Ratye, partners, as Pascal Dubedat & Co., against the steamship Soyo Maru, of which Toyo Risen Kaisha, a corporation, is claimant. Decree for libelants, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The libel brought in the court below by the appellees was for the recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained by them by the negligent stowing and transporting of a consignment of 88 casks of olives from Antwerp, Belgium, to San Francisco, 8 barrels of which were alleged to have been delivered to the appellees by the appellant in a greatly damaged condition. The court below found the facts to be as alleged in the libel, and accordingly entered a decree for damages.
The sole point made on the appeal is that the evidence is insufficient to warrant the findings. The…
2Cited by1 opinion
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