EARLE & STODDART v. ELLERMAN'S WILSON LINE


45 F.2d 231 (1930)

EARLE & STODDART, Inc., et al. v. ELLERMAN'S WILSON LINE, Limited.

District Court, S. D. New York.

August 19, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (T. Catesby Jones and James W. Ryan, both of New York City, of counsel), for libelants.

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City (Cletus Keating, L. de Grove Potter, and James H. Herbert, all of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.


FRANK J. COLEMAN, District Judge.

Libelants were the various owners of a general cargo shipped under various bills of lading on the steamer Galileo, which was owned and operated by the respondent. The boat left New York at about 10:30 a. m. on August 28, 1926, bound for Hull, England, and about six hours later, when she was off Fire Island, it was discovered that the coal in a temporary bunker was afire through spontaneous...

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