GEORGE F. PETTINOS, INC. v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES

No. 59 of 1942.

68 F.Supp. 759 (1946)

GEORGE F. PETTINOS, Inc., v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, Inc.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

Judgment Affirmed February 26, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conlen, LaBrum & Beechwood, of Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Krusen, Evans and Shaw, of Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

This suit is brought for damage to and shortage in two shipments of plumbago (graphite) from Colombo, Ceylon, to Philadelphia aboard the "Exbrook," one of 666 bags of dust plumbago and the other of 500 bags of lump plumbago.

Upon arrival in Philadelphia, a large number of the burlap bags containing the plumbago burst open in the process of unloading and were found to be rotted, particularly about the seams, from fresh water contact...

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