Grace v. Ellerman-Bucknall S. S. Co.

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

The steamship City of Edinburg, a British vessel, arrived at the port of Philadelphia in February, 1923, loaded with chrome ore and wool. The appellants, who are stevedores, unloaded the cargo, and their charge for so doing was $5,-130,38. They were engaged in unloading on a bitter, cold night, and, appellee says, built a fire in hold No. 5. Some time thereafter a fire broke out in hold No. 6. This is alleged to have resulted from the fire in hold No. 5, or from an unknown cause. The appellee contends that the fire in hold No. 6 was due to the fire in hold No. 5, and it…