EDMOND WEIL, INC. v. AMERICAN WEST AFRICAN LINE

No. 119.

147 F.2d 363 (1945)

EDMOND WEIL, Inc., v. AMERICAN WEST AFRICAN LINE, Inc., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

January 12, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Crandall and Hunt, Hill & Betts, all of New York City (Helen F. Tuohy, of New York City, of counsel), for appellants.

Robert E. Hill and Hill, Rivkins & Middleton, all of New York City (Robert J. Andrews and Stanley S. Green, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

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


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The respondents appeal from a decree in the admiralty, holding the ship, "West Kebar," liable for damage to a cargo, lifted in African ports in December, 1940, and discharged at Boston and New York in the following January. The judge held the ship for a part of the damage and excused her for the rest. Edmond Weil, Inc., v. SS "West Kebar," D.C., 53 F.Supp. 763. Since the libellants filed assignments of...

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