Columbia Trading Corporation, Libellant-Appellant v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc.

Columbia Trading Corporation, which had a place of business in New York City, brought this libel against MooreMcCormack Lines under a clean bill of lading issued for goods carried in respondent’s vessel, the SS Mormaccape, to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where, according to the libel, the goods arrived short and in defective condition. After hearing the evidence, however, and giving appellant an additional ninety days to produce further evidence, the district judge dismissed the libel on the ground that appellant had failed to demonstrate its right to maintain this libel. Columbia appeals from…