Leveille v. Kaisha

The action is brought to recover for the alleged breach of contracts of carriage to carry eighty-five bales and forty bales of wiping rags from Kobe, Japan, to Baltimore, Md. The complaint alleges that at the time of delivery at the place of destination the cargo was found to be badly damaged.

The initial Japanese boat carrier and two intermediate rail carriers have been made defendants in the case of each shipment. At a point in the shipment the two final carriers received the cargo of 125 bales. The shipments were made at Japan on two different dates and were carried by a different Japanese…