R. T. JONES LUMBER CO. v. ROEN S. S. CO.

No. 11070.

213 F.2d 370 (1954)

R. T. JONES LUMBER CO., Inc. v. ROEN S. S. CO. THE HILDA.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

May 21, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Quarles, Milwaukee, Wis., Laurence E. Coffey, Richards & Coffey, Buffalo, N. Y., for appellant.

Sparkman D. Foster, Detroit, Mich., John A. Kluwin, Henry J. Bendinger, Milwaukee, Wis., for appellees.

Before DUFFY, LINDLEY and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

Libelant, a New York corporation, brought this suit in admiralty, claiming to have been damaged because of the loss of 609,519 board feet of lumber which was being shipped to it on the barge "Hilda." The district court found the issues favorable to respondent and specifically found that the loss on November 25, 1950, of part of the cargo carried on the barge "Hilda" was due to "a peril of the sea."

The "Hilda," formerly Pere Marquette...

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