FLOTA MERCANTE DEL ESTADO v. ORIENT INS. CO.

No. 13933.

198 F.2d 740 (1952)

FLOTA MERCANTE DEL ESTADO v. ORIENT INS. CO. THE RIO PRIMERO.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 31, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Malcolm W. Monroe, Eberhardt P. Deutsch, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and STRUM, Circuit Judges.


RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.

This suit in admiralty, instituted by Orient Insurance Company, as subrogee of Sidney Ross Company, Inc., against Flota Mercante del Estado, a department of the Government of the Republic of Argentina, as owner and operator of the Steamship Rio Primero, involves a claim of damages to a shipment of acetyl salicylic acid, hereinafter referred to by its common appellation, aspirin. Other merchandise included in the shipment is not involved in...

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