LAWRENCE LEATHER CO. v. NORTON, LILLY & CO.


15 F.2d 101 (1926)

LAWRENCE LEATHER CO. v. NORTON, LILLY & CO.

District Court, S. D. New York.

April 30, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey & Single, Theodore L. Bailey, Arthur E. Muller, and Loring R. Lecraw, all of New York City, for libelant.

Nathan A. Smyth and William E. Collins, both of New York City, for respondent.


GODDARD, District Judge.

The libelant seeks to recover $1,827, the alleged value of leather pilfered from one of four cases shipped by the steamship Ablanset from New York to Lisbon, Portugal, on or about September 20, 1919. The respondents admit the loss, but contend that their liability is limited to the sum of $38.82 under clause XV of its bill of lading, which reads as follows:

"Clause XV. The freight on the cargo carried hereunder is regulated by the...

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