Schultz v. The Pietro G

Two lots of scrap-iron were received by the bark at Antwerp for transportation to New York, and bills of lading, one for each lot, were given by the master, — one reciting the receipt by the ship of about 500 tons of iron; the other reciting the receipt of about 200 tons of iron; each bill of lading having the qualifying clause written therein by the master, “I do not know the weight.” The libelants, by Indorsement of the bill of la,ding for the 200 tons, became the owners of that lot of the iron, and bring this suit, alleging that the ship “has not delivered the said iron to libelants, nor…