Legal Opinion
Smith, Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Colombian S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1937No. 8087PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree sustaining exceptions to a libel in admiralty and dismissing the suit.
The suit was brought by Smith, Kirkpatrick & Co., hereafter referred to as libelant in rem, against the steamship Haiti and in personam against her owner, Colombian Steamship Company, Inc., hereafter referred to as respondent; In substance, the material allegations of the libel are these;
On April 26, 1934, 250 bags of clean coffee were shipped from Puerto Colombia, Colombia, on the steamship Haiti, destined to San Francisco, Cal. A through *394bill of lading covering the…
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