Legal Opinion
R. T. Jones Lumber Company, Inc., Libelant-Appellee v. Roen Steamship Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 22, 1959No. 307, Docket 25498PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, Circuit Judge.
The appellee, R. T. Jones Lumber Company, brought a libel to recover damages occasioned by the failure of the appellant, Roen Steamship Company, to deliver part of a lumber cargo shipped on its barge Hilda. Judge Burke found the appellant liable on the ground that the unseaworthiness of the Hilda, rather than a “peril of the sea,” directly caused the cargo to fall and be lost into the seas during a severe storm. His final decree of December 2, 1958, awarding appellee the damages reported by a Commissioner, is here challenged because of alleged errors in the…
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