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THE RANGOON MARU

No. 176.

27 F.2d 722 (1928)

THE RANGOON MARU. NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA v. GRACE BROS. (India), Limited. SAME v. W. R. GRACE & CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

July 2, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Woolsey, Campbell, Hickox & Keating, of New York City (Cletus Keating and James H. Herbert, both of New York City, of counsel), for Grace Bros. (India), Limited, and W. R. Grace & Co., appellee.

Burlingham, Veeder, Masten & Fearey, of New York City (Ray Rood Allen and William J. Dean, both of New York City, of counsel), for Nippon Yusen Kaisha.

Before MANTON, L. HAND, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

In August, 1920, Grace & Co. of New York shipped on the steamship Rangoon Maru, then at the port of New York, 1,079 drums of bleaching powder for carriage and delivery to Grace Bros. of India. This suit was brought to recover damages to this cargo based on a claim of improper stowage. The bleaching powder, though lawful cargo, was a dangerous substance. It corroded the drums in which it was shipped and by the time the Rangoon Maru...

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