Unterweser Reederei Aktiengesellschaft v. Potash Importing Corp. of America

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

Part of a shipment of kainit was damaged by water while it was being carried by the steamship Gonzenheim from Brake, Germany, to Savannah. The appellee, the owner of the kainit, libeled the Gonzenheim and obtained a decree for the stipulated amount of the damage. The owner of the steamship appeals, and contends that exceptions contained in the bill of lading, and not those contained in the charter party between the owner and shipper, controlled, that the evidence showed the vessel was seaworthy at the time the voyage began, and that the damage was caused by a peril of…