Baker Castor Oil Co. v. Insurance Co.

GODDARD, District Judge.

This is a suit by the plaintiff, a cargo owner, against the defendant, a cargo underwriter, to recover freight charges of $39,249.58 paid by plaintiff for transportation by railroad to Bayonne, New Jersey, of cargo- discharged at New Orleans from three Brazilian vessels. The cargo consisted of 44,967 bags of castor beans loaded at various ports in Brazil aboard the vessels Commandante Pessoa, Lesteloide and Jaboatao in February, March and May, 1942, for carriage to New York Harbor; 9,405 bags on the Commandante Pessoa, 33,868 bags on the Lesteloide, and 1,694 bags on…