The Seven Bros. No. 1
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York; Learned Hand, Judge. Libel in admiralty by Willett & Co. against the Texas City Steamship Company and lighter Seven Brothers No. 1, her tackle, etc., the Chiarello Bros. Company, and Sidney A. Metcalfe, impleaded. Judgment for libelant, and the Chiarello Bros. Company appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
Willett & Co. filed a libel against the Texas City .Steamship Company to recover $5,000 for damage by rain to a shipment of 950. bales of wool under a through bill of lading from Texas City to Boston. The wool was discharged from the respondent’s steamer Ossabaw at Pier 15, into the lighter Seven Brothers No. 1, to be transported to Pier 19 North River, and there delivered to a steamer of the New England Navigation Company bound to Boston; it being the duty of the Steamship Company under the bill of lading to do this. The Steamship Company brought in the lighter as a party…
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