Cooper & Cooper, Inc. v. Cameron

(after stating the facts as above). These libels were filed in- causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The libelants sued the steamship and the owner thereof, the charterer, and the agent of the charterer. The libelants allege that in the months of April and May, 1923, they shipped and placed on board the steamship, then lying in the port of New York, bound for various ports of Japan and China, certain merchandise in good order and condition, consigned to the order of the respective shippers, under and in pursuance of bills of lading issued for such shipments in a manner hereinafter…