Goddefroy v. The Live Yankee

HOFFMAN, District Judge.

The libel in this case is filed to recover a general average contribution for goods jettisoned from the deck of the above vessel. It is admitted that the cargo, which consisted of lumber, belonged to the libellants [Goddefroy, Sillem & Co.], and that it was taken on board to be carried “on deck and under deck,” at the rate of $8 per M. No difference as to the rate of freight was made between that part of the cargo carried on deck and that carried under deck, but the rate charged was agreed to, with the understanding that part of the cargo was to be laden on deck, and…