United States Steel Products Co. v. Navigazione Libera Triestina, Societa Anonima

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

Navigazione Libera Triestina, Societa Anónima, as the owner of the steamship Sal-vore, filed its petition for limitation and claimed exoneration from all liability for loss and damage to cargo caused by a fire which occurred on the ship while undergoing repairs at Genoa. The claimants, who have appealed from a decree exonerating the ship, contested the petition and filed claims for the fire damage to their property.

The cargo of the Salvore was loaded at Philadelphia and New York, consigned to Genoa, Naples, Palmero, Piraeus, and Salón-ica. Before any loading at…