The Menominee

Libelant shipped certain foodstuffs upon the steamship Montana, a vessel which fell in with the Menominee when the latter vessel was in trouble and rendered salvage services; i. e., she towed the Menominee into an English harbor. The towage delayed the Montana, and the delay injured libelant’s foodstuffs.

These goods were carried under a bill of lading which specifically gave authority to the carrying 'vessel to assist vessels in distress and to deviate for the purpose of saving life or property, and contained the further proviso that the carrier should not be liable for “any loss or damage…