HINCKS, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in admiralty by a general average adjuster against the cargo underwriters to recover the amount charged to cargo as its contribution to general average. The M/V Manabi left Tampa, Florida on April 23, 1953, with a cargo of cigarettes destined for Ecuador. The next day, water entered the ship through a hole in the hull on the forward starboard side five feet below water line. The Manabi was intentionally grounded, and was a constructive...
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