HOUGH, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
The treatment below of the uncontradicted facts presented seems to justify some restatement of legal principles relating to carriage of goods by sea.
The Harter Act (27 Stat. 445 [Comp. St. §§ 8029-8035]) was not retroactive, yet did announce the public policy of this country. The Energia, 66 F. 604, 13 C. C. A. 653. The events giving rise to The Edwin I. Morrison,
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