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BALTIC COTTON CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 2063.

50 F.2d 257 (1931)

BALTIC COTTON CO., Inc., v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, S. D. Alabama, S. D.

May 16, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry T. Smith & Caffey, of Mobile, Ala., for libelant.

Wm. B. Inge, C. C. Inge and Alex C. Birch, U. S. Dist. Atty., all of Mobile, Ala., for the United States.

ERVIN, District Judge.

This matter comes on to be heard on exceptions to the master's report. The facts are that Weil Bros. sold a lot of 300 bales of cotton to the Baltic Cotton Company, and undertook to ship the same from Mobile by one of the Shipping Board vessels. When the cotton was tendered to the vessel for shipment, objection was made to the issuance of clear bills of lading because the bales were wet; the vessel claiming that they must note this fact upon...

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