Robert Brining & Co. v. Strachan's Southern S. S. Co.

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

On February 20 and 21, 1929, at Jacksonville, Fla., and at Savannah, Ga., on February 26, 1929, shipments of citrus fruits, celery, and cabbage were loaded on board the steamship Floridian to be carried to London, England. After sailing March 2, 1929, the vessel ran into heavy weather when a few days out of Savannah. Her steering chains partéd in a number of places during this weather and the fair-lead in the shelter deck space carried away, ripping out a section of the bulkhead. The heavy seas broke over the poop deck and smashed the hand steering gear. Continued…