Legal Opinion
The British King
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 29, 1898PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The above libel was filed to recover, for tbe damage to certain barrels of chemicals and to some rags stowed in -the lower hold, compartments 4 and 5, of the steamship British King, on a voyage from Antwerp to New York in December, 1897. The damage was caused by water leaking from the water ballast tank, in compartment No. 5, and thence through the sluice-cock into compartment No. 4 whereby the cargo in both compartments was injured. On examination of the ballast tank after arrival in New York the tank was found somewhat sprung, some of the rivets in each side were…
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