Hirsch Lumber Company v. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises two questions: First, whether bills of lading under which lumber was to be carried by sea from Olympia, Washington to Port Newark, New Jersey, could lawfully provide that freight was immediately due upon delivery of the lumber to the carrier even though the lumber was not delivered to point of destination because of a strike at Port Newark. The second question is whether there was evidence to-sustain the jury’s finding that the carrier’s delivery of the lumber to Baltimore-because of the strike was a reasonable diversion under the Carriage of Goods by…