Uddo & Taormina Co. v. Levant Line

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

This action was instituted by Uddo & Taormina Company1 against the Steamship Oberlin Victory and the Levant Line, time charterer of the Oberlin Victory, for damage to a consignment of 105 barrels of black olives in brine shipped from Piraeus, Greece, to New Orleans in 1958.

On April 19, 1958, when the cargo was delivered aboard, the carrier issued its clean, on board, bill of lading bearing the notation “Steamer not responsible for breakage or leakage of barrels.” Under the terms of the bill, the carrier agreed to deliver the described cargo to New Orleans,…