Legal Opinion
The Querini Stamphalia
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 31, 1883PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The libelant is the bona fide indorsee of a bill of lading given by the master of the Querini Stamphalia for certain iron shipped at Odessa on August 5,1880, to be transported to New York. This suit was brought to recover for an alleged short delivery of iron to the amount of a little over 38 tons. The cross-libel was filed to recover £300 for unpaid freight. The evidence shows satisfactorily that all the iron was delivered which was received on board the vessel. No question is made but that this would be a good defense as against the shipper. The libelant, the Gredit Lyonnais, however,…
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