C. TENNANT SONS & COMPANY v. Norddeutscher Lloyd

FRANK B. ELLIS, District Judge.

Libelant contracted with respondents Norddeutscher Lloyd and the S/S KAS-SEL for the carriage of goods from London to, as indicated on the bill of lading, “direct overside discharge and stowage into barge in New Orleans.” The vessel departed London on January 17, 1962 and arrived in the port of New Orleans on February 2, 1962. The cargo was discharged onto the Barge JIHCO # 308 for transportation upriver. The JIHCO •# 308 arrived in Chicago on March 6, 1962, and delivered the goods (steel pipe) in a damaged condition.

Libelant initiated this proceeding on…