T. M. Duche & Sons, Inc. v. Compania Trasatlantica

WOOLSEY, District Judge.

I sustain the exception to the libel herein on the ground that it does not state a cause of action against the respondent.

As an amendment would not serve any purpose in the ease, I will enter a decree dismissing the libel with costs to the respondent.

I. The libelants herein are purchasers for value of three order bills of lading issued by the respondent for the carriage to New York of 500 boxes of shelled almonds shipped on the respondent’s steamship Buenos Aires at Alicante, Spain, on or about March 20, 1930.

The three bills of lading, photostat copies of which are…