Taormina Corp. v. Luckenbach Gulf S.S. Co., Inc.

The Taormina Corporation of the State of Delaware, doing business in the City of New Orleans, purchased from Anaheim Canning Company of Los Angeles, California, one thousand five gallon cans of tomato pulp, which were delivered to the S.S. Edgar F. Luckenbach in the harbor of Los Angeles, on or about September 19, 1938, for shipment to the City of New Orleans. After the arrival of the tomato pulp in New Orleans on October 7, 1938, the contents of two hundred and three cans were found to be worthless, whereupon after ineffectual effort to obtain a settlement, this suit was brought against the…