Rhode Island Insurance v. Pope & Talbot Lines

This is an action for damages filed by Rhode Island Insurance Company against Pope & Talbot Lines and Pacific Argentine Brazil Line., claiming the sum of $3,797.20 plus costs, legal interest, and attorney’s fees. It is alleged, briefly, that A. de Cardi, Inc. purchased a cargo of canned pears for $45,243.82, which was consigned to San Juan from the port of Portland, Oregon, on December 23, 1948, aboard a ship owned and operated by defendants; that while on board the ships of the defendants the goods suffered damages amounting to $3,797.20; that such damages were due exclusively to the…