Bancroft-Whitney Co. v. The Queen
District Court, N.D. California
This was a libel in rem, by various shippers of goods shipped on board the steamer Queen, for breach of contract, for damages to said goods by sea water, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the master, officers, and crew of the steamer, while said goods were being transported from the port of San Francisco to the port of San Diego, state of California. The case involved 37 claims.
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This was a libel in rem, by various shippers of goods shipped on board the steamer Queen, for breach of contract, for damages to said goods by sea water, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the master, officers, and crew of the steamer, while said goods were being transported from the port of San Francisco to the port of San Diego, state of California. The case involved 37 claims. Various exceptions filed by tbe claimant to tbe libel were overruled in an opinion filed April 17, 1894. 61 Fed. 213. On May 12, 189'6, tbe cause was beard on a motion by tbe claimant for a judgment in…
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, District Judge.
Tbe action is for a breach of contract on the part of tbe carrier, and includes some 37 claims, made by various shippers of goods shipped on board tbe steamer Queen, for damages by sea water, alleged to have been caused! by tbe negligence of tbe master, officers, and crew of tbe steamer, while said goods were being transported from tbe port of San Francisco to the port of San Diego, state of California. Testimony was. introduced with respect to but two of tbe shipments, viz. that of tbe Bancroft-Whitney Company and that of Hellman, Haas & Co. It was intimated at tbe…
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