The Mongolian Prince

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This is an action to recover the damages caused by sea water to 183 bales of carpet wool, forming part of a shipment of 1,496 bales, from Liverpool, on board the steamship Mongolian Prince, on or about December 19, 1924, arriving at Philadelphia about January 25, 1925. The wool was shipped in good order and condition, and as delivered some of it was in a damaged condition.

The vessel, on sailing from Liverpool, was not fully loaded, as she carried only about 1,000 tons of cargo, 2,300 tons of water ballast in her double bottom tanks, and about 1,500 tons of bunkers,…