Dibble v. Morgan

WOODS, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by the plaintiffs [Dibble & Seligson] to recover of the defendant as a common carrier the value of certain merchandise shipped by them at New Orleans and Galveston, in July, 1866, in the steamship Harlan, to be delivered at Indianola, Texas. One of the bills of lading acknowledges the receipt of the goods in good order and condition, and provides that they are to be “delivered in like good order and condition at the end of the ship’s tackles at the port of Indianola, the dangers of fire at sea or on shore, collisions, and accidents from machinery,…