Steinwender v. Aspasia

BROWN, District Judge.

The extraordinary'weather met by the ship upon her voyage, and the damage she received from it, sufficiently show that most of the damage sustained by the cargo must be attributed to the excepted perils of the seas. It was the duty, however, of the bark to dunnage the cargo in a manner reasonably sufficient to protect it from what was to be naturally expected, aud in accordance with the usages of the pore of shipment. For failure to use such reasonable aud customary dunnage as would have protected the cargo even from the sea perils actually incurred, the ship remains…