Reid v. Fargo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Libel by Ogden M. Reid against James C. Fargo, president of the Adams Express Company. The International Mercantile Marine Company and T. Hogan & Sons, Incorporated, were interpleaded. Decree for libelant, and T. Hogan & Sons appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
Ogden M. Reid delivered an automobile to the American Express Company at London to be packed and forwarded by it to Southampton by rail, and there delivered to the steamship Minnetonka of the International Mercantile Marine Company for transportation to New York. The express company did so and received the company’s usual bill of lading to its order. Upon arrival of the steamer, T. Hogan & Sons, stevedores, under contract with the steamship company, discharged the cargo. The case in the hold was put in a rope sling and hoisted to the deck of the steamer, and, while being…
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