Goldsmith v. North German Lloyd, etc.

-This action is brought by Meyer Goldsmith, the owner, and Dan Kalahr, Eugene Kalahr, and John H. Topliam, the care-takers of certain cattle and sheep shipped by Goldsmith on board the steam-ship Persian Monarch, to be transported therein from New York to London. The defendant is the owner of the steam-ship Hannover, which vessel, when disabled at sea, was fallen in with by the Persian Monarch during the voyage aforesaid, and by her towed into a port of safety.

The libel sets forth the bill of lading -under which the cattle and sheep were shipped, containing the following clause;

“The steamer…