Hohl v. Lloyd

ADAMS, District Judge.

This action was brought by Sebald M. Hohl to recover the value of a case of hosiery shipped at Bremen on the 15th of July, 1907, on the respondent’s steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, for delivery to Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York. A bill of lading was duly issued by the respondent and assigned to the libellant. This bill of lading was for ten cases of hosiery and provided, among other things:

'“Not accountable for any Sum exceeding $100, per package, for goods of whatever description, nor for any ¿mount in respect of Gold, Silver, Bullion, bpecie, Jewellery, precious…