Anthony C. Stralla v. Connell Bros. Co. (Canada) Limited, a Corporation, and American Factors, Limited, a Corporation

DENMAN, Chief Judge.

Stralla appeals from a decree in admiralty holding him liable to Connell Brothers, a Canadian corporation and to' American Factors, Limited, a Hawaiian corporation each for prepaid freight on cargo shipped on the steamer Salina Cruz. The steamer was on a voyage from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, when the ship> and cargo were destroyed by fire without fault of her owner.

Separate amended libels, hereafter the libel, were filed by each libeling corporation for prepaid freight with identical allegations save as to amount of the freight. They…