Nestle's Milk Products, Inc. v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.

The action is to recover for alleged damage to a shipment of canned milk, packed in cartons, carried from Portland, Ore., to New York city on the defendant’s steamship Andrea F. Luckenbach in November, 1933. The bill of lading under which the merchandise was shipped contains exceptions which, among others, exempt the carrier from liability for damage caused by *359dampness, discoloration, rust or sweat. By the bill of lading it is admitted that the packages were received at Portland in apparent good condition. They were delivered at New York, as the plaintiff’s proof would tend to show, damaged…