FRANKLIN FIRE INS. CO. v. ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET CO.


54 F.2d 807 (1931)

FRANKLIN FIRE INS. CO. v. ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET CO.

District Court, S. D. New York.

November 2, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Single & Single, of New York City (Robert E. Hill and C. Welmore Robinson, both of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

Slayton & Jackson, of New York City (G. Noyes Slayton, of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.


ROBERT P. PATTERSON, District Judge.

This suit is brought to recover for damage to cargo. Coffee which was being carried by the respondent on the steamship Singleton Abbey from Haiti to Antwerp was damaged by water. The libelant, which had insured the cargo owner, paid the loss, and thereby became the owner of the claim against the carrier.

The coffee was taken on board at Port au Prince and Petit Goave, Haiti, in the latter part of December, 1926. It was...

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