Constable v. National Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a libel in admiralty by the firm of Arnold, Constable & Go. against the National Steamship Company, owner of the British steamship Egypt, to recover the value of thirty-six cases of merchandise carried by this steamer from Liverpool to New York, delivered on the pier of the Inman Steamship Company on January 31, 1883, and upon the same night destroyed by fire through the…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a libel in admiralty by the firm of Arnold, Constable & Go. against the National Steamship Company, owner of the British steamship Egypt, to recover the value of thirty-six cases of merchandise carried by this steamer from Liverpool to New York, delivered on the pier of the Inman Steamship Company on January 31, 1883, and upon the same night destroyed by fire through the alleged negligence of the respondent. The answer admitted most .of the material allegations of the libel, but denied all…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This case involves the liability of a steamship company for the loss by fire of' a consignment of goods unloaded without personal notice to the consignee upon the wharf of a company other than the one owning the vessel.
By the Limited Liability Act, Rev. Stat. § 4282, no ship owner is liable to answer for the loss of any merchandise shipped upon his vessel by reason of any fire “ happening to or on board the vessel, unless such fire is caused by the design or neglect of such owner,” and in the case of The Scotland, 105 U. S. 24, the exemptions and limitations of this act were held to apply to…
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