Nord-Deutscher Lloyd v. President of Insurance Co. of North America
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. Parr & Son, merchants in Baltimore, arranged with Schumacher & Co., agents of the Nord-Deutsclier Lloyd, a steamship company organized under the laws of the empire of Germany, for the carriage of 0,000 quarters of corn from Baltimore to Bremen, and it was verbally agreed that the steamship company would transport said corn for a certain freight, from port to pbrt, subject, in all respects, to…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. Parr & Son, merchants in Baltimore, arranged with Schumacher & Co., agents of the Nord-Deutsclier Lloyd, a steamship company organized under the laws of the empire of Germany, for the carriage of 0,000 quarters of corn from Baltimore to Bremen, and it was verbally agreed that the steamship company would transport said corn for a certain freight, from port to pbrt, subject, in all respects, to the’ terms and conditions of the ■bill of lading, which had theretofore been adopted and was then in use between the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrawley, District Judge
The case will be considered as if the corn had been delivered to the ship from the time it was placed on board the lighter, and that the carrier is entitled to all benefits, and is subject to all requirements, of the contract, as stipulated in the bill of lading, although the appellee *423contends that, under the facts presented, the corn not having reached the steamship H. H. Adeier, the appellant is held to that high degree of diligence for custody, care, and ptoper delivery which is imposed by section i of the Harter act, that forbids any agreement whereby he may be relieved from liability for…
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