SWAN, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
It is settled law that, in the absence of any stipulation to the contrary, a carrier's liability for loss of goods is measured by the market value of the lost goods at the port of destination on the date when they should have arrived. St. Johns N. F. Shipping Corp. v. Companhia Geral, etc.,
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