Calderon v. Atlas Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This was. a suit instituted in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, in admiralty, by the libellant, Calderon, who was at that time consul general fof the United States of Colombia at New York, to recover from the respondent, the Atlas Steamship Company, the sum of $5413.18, the value of a consignment of goods shipped from New York to Savanilla by the libellant on the steamer Ailsa, which…
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This was. a suit instituted in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, in admiralty, by the libellant, Calderon, who was at that time consul general fof the United States of Colombia at New York, to recover from the respondent, the Atlas Steamship Company, the sum of $5413.18, the value of a consignment of goods shipped from New York to Savanilla by the libellant on the steamer Ailsa, which goods the master failed to deliver át the .port of destination, and thereafter brought back to New York, where they were…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Two questions are presented by the record in this case: First, whether the steamship company was liable at all under . its bill of lading for the non-delivery of the goods at Savanilla; second, whether such liability was limited to the sum of $100 for each package.
1. Both the District Court and the Court of Appeals held - the company to be liable under section 1 of the Harter Act, of February 13, 1893, c. 105, 27 Stat. 445, ■ which provides.- “ that it shall not be lawful for the manager, agent, master, or owner of any vessel transporting merchandise or property from or between ports of the…
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