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ARMOUR & CO. v. FT. MORGAN S.S. CO.

No. 135.

270 U.S. 253 (1926)

ARMOUR & COMPANY v. FORT MORGAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John D. Grace, with whom Messrs. M.A. Grace and Edwin H. Grace were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Victor Leovy, with whom Messrs. George Denegre and Henry H. Chaffe were on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This libel was filed on January 25, 1918, by Armour & Company against the steamship Fort Morgan in the federal District Court for eastern Louisiana. Recovery was sought for loss and damage to a shipment of 420 head of cattle received by the ship at Port Limon, Costa Rica, for delivery at Jacksonville, Florida. The charge was that unseaworthiness had caused her to list so heavily as to compel return to port...

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