STANDARD BRANDS v. THOS. & JNO. BROCKLEBANK

No. 124-46.

81 F.Supp. 670 (1948)

STANDARD BRANDS, Inc. v. THOS. & JNO. BROCKLEBANK, Limited. THE MARKHOR.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

July 27, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry D. Thirkield, of New York City, for libellant.

Lord, Day & Lord, Franklin B. Lord, Jr., and Edmund P. Rogers, all of New York City, for respondents.


BONDY, District Judge.

This suit was brought to recover for loss resulting from ship sweat to a cargo of tea which was received in cases in apparent good order and condition November, 1939 at Calcutta aboard the respondent's steamship Markhor. It was transported by way of the Cape of Good Hope and discharged at Boston in a seriously damaged condition in the early part of January, 1940 after a voyage of about fifty-seven days.

The tea was stowed in tiers in...

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