Flota Mercante Del Estado v. Orient Ins. Co. The Rio Primero

RUSSELL, Circuit Judge. .

This suit in admiralty, instituted by Orient Insurance Company, as subrogee of Sidney Ross Company, Inc., against Flota Mercante del Estado, a department of the Government of the Republic of Argentina, as owner and operator of the Steamship Rio Primero, involves a claim of damages to a shipment of acetyl salicylic acid, hereinafter referred to by its common appellation, aspirin. Other merchandise included in the shipment is not involved in this litigation.

The evidence, submitted entirely in the form of depositions and exhibits, disclosed that the aspirin, packed in…