John R. Evans & Co. v. The Express

KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

This is one of three suits in admiralty involving damage to cargoes of goatskins, tried at the same term of court. McNeely & Price Co. v. The Exchequer et al., D.C., 100 F.Supp. 343; McNeely & Price Co. v. The Lambrook et al., D.C., 100 F.Supp. 345. They are all governed by the same general principles of law, some of which were stated in McNeely & Price v. Exchequer, supra. They are also similar in that the evidence produced by each side is in general uncontradicted. That, of course, is not to say that the facts arc undisputed. On the contrary, the controlling fact…