The libelant chartered the respondent's barge to carry a cargo of chemicals from a port in Pennsylvania to a port in Rhode Island. Some of the cargo was damaged by contact with bilge water and some by contact with rain, which came through open hatches while the cargo was being unloaded by the libelant. For the rain-water damage no claim was made; for the bilge-water damage liability of the respondent, a...
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