SPANG CHALFANT & CO. v. DIMON S. S. CORPORATION

Nos. 312, 313.

57 F.2d 965 (1932)

SPANG CHALFANT & CO., Inc., v. DIMON S. S. CORPORATION. THE PACIFIC FIR. DIMON S. S. CORPORATION v. SPANG, CHALFANT & CO., Inc., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

April 18, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Henry N. Longley and James N. Senecal, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellants.

Harold V. Williams, of New York City (Harry D. Thirkield and Raymond E. Stefferson, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

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


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The libelants libeled the claimant's ship Pacific Fir for damage to parcels of the cargo of that ship, on a voyage from Baltimore to Los Angeles; the claimant countered with a cross-libel in general average. The damage was incidental to putting out a fire which started in charcoal stowed in the same hold with the libelants' goods. Under section 182 of title 46, U. S. Code (46 USCA § 182), the ship...

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