HOUGH, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
It is now admitted that claimant must make libelant whole for the loss inflicted by the breach of the contract of carriage. To denounce the carrier's act or omission as a conversion is probably accurate in terms of common law, but in the admiralty is only calling bad names.
But the rules of law are the same in both jurisdictions, and are set forth in Scrutton, Bills of Lading, p. 439, and Carver (6th...
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