Straus v. The Burgundia

Blatchford, Justice.

I concur in the conclusion of the district judge that there must he a decree for the libelants.1 The case is substantially like that of The Surrey,2 in this court. The six drums came in .good order, whatever perils of the sea there were, if the two drums which were broken had been stowed properly, they would not have heen injured. If all eight were stowed in an equally proper place, then the stowage of the two could not, in detail and arrangement, have been proper or sufficient. If the two were stowed in a less safe place than the six, considering the peculiar character of…