CONSUMERS IMPORT CO. v. KAWASAKI KISEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA

No. 120.

133 F.2d 781 (1943)

CONSUMERS IMPORT CO., Inc., et al. v. KAWASAKI KISEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

January 25, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Catesby Jones, of New York City, for appellants.

George C. Sprague, of New York City, for appellees.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This appeal comes before us from a decree in the admiralty exonerating the owner and the bareboat charterer of the S. S. "Venice Maru" from liability for damage to her cargo by a fire which occurred on board that vessel between Los Angeles and Balboa in August 1934. The appeal also involves the repayment by the bareboat charterer of certain cash payments made to it by cargo owners as contributions in general average. The decree directed the...

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