British & Foreign Marine Ins. v. Southern Pac. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Libel by the British & Foreign Marine Insurance Company against the Southern Pacific Company to recover freight withheld by respondent.
1Opinion of the Court
BBQWN, District Judge.
The controversy in this case turns upon die question of the right of the carriers to pro rata freight on 52 bales of cotton, part of which was destroyed and the rest damaged, by a fire on Hie pier of the Morgan Line in this city, on. February 28, 1887. These 52 bales were parts of much larger quantities of cotton, which had been shipped partly from interior points in Texas, on the Houston & Tesas Bailroad, and partly from Galveston and Yew (Means. All the cotton was covered by bills of lading, somewhat different in form, but all providing for the transportation to Yew…
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