Legal Opinion
The Ferncliff
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 29, 1938No. 2155PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
In this admiralty case a libel in rem has been filed by H. J. Baker & Bro., against the motor vessel “Ferncliff” for damage occurring to a very large ' cargo shipment of fish meal from Japan to Norfolk and Baltimore. The damage is alleged to have been caused by improper stowage. The respondent denies negligence and attributes the damaged condition of the fish meal to its inherent characteristics. The case has been submitted upon voluminous testimony partly by depositions but principally by examination of witnesses in court. On the main facts with regard to the stowage,…
2Cases cited72 opinions
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- Schnell v. the VallescuraSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Cuba Railroad v. CrosbySupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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