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HECHT, LEVIS & KAHN, INC. v. THE S. S. PRESIDENT BUCHANAN

No. 359, Docket 24028.

236 F.2d 627 (1956)

HECHT, LEVIS & KAHN, Inc., Libellant-Appellant, v. THE S. S. PRESIDENT BUCHANAN, HER ENGINES, ETC., and American President Lines, Ltd., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Rivkins, Middleton, Louis & Warburton, New York City (J. Edwin Carey, New York City, of counsel, on the brief), for libellant-appellant.

Dow & Symmers, New York City (William G. Symmers, Frederick Fish and William Warner, New York City, of counsel, on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before MEDINA, LUMBARD and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

The purchaser of crude rubber in transit by ship from Singapore to New York has sued the respondent carrier for damage to the rubber, allegedly caused by improper stowage. Judge Walsh, in an opinion delivered orally at the close of the evidence, found for the carrier, except for the minor item of oil damage. The question raised by this appeal is whether Judge Walsh committed error in finding that the damage resulted from the inherent vice of...

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