SPARKS MILLING CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 18648.

5 F.Supp. 567 (1933)

SPARKS MILLING CO. v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

November 3, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Henry N. Longley, of New York City, Dart & Dart, of New Orleans, La., and Henry P. Dart, Jr., of New Orleans, La., of counsel), for libelant.

Edouard F. Henriques, Sp. Asst. to U. S. Atty., and William I. Connelly, Atty. to United States Shipping Board, both of New Orleans, La., for the United States.


BORAH, District Judge.

This libel filed under the Suits in Admiralty Act approved March 9, 1920 (46 USCA §§ 741-752), seeks a recovery against the United States of America for the damage sustained to a shipment of flour which was received on board the steamship Afel at the port of New Orleans during the month of September, 1926, for carriage to the port of Santos, Brazil.

The bills of lading which libelant offered in evidence acknowledge receipt...

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