P & E SHIPPING CORP. v. BANCO PARA EL COMERCIO EXT. DE CUBA

No. 5846.

307 F.2d 415 (1962)

P & E SHIPPING CORPORATION, Respondent and Claimant, Appellant, v. BANCO PARA EL COMERCIO EXTERIOR DE CUBA, Libelant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided September 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Poles, New York City, with whom Poles, Tublin & Patestides, New York City, was on brief, for appellant.

Antonio M. Bird, San Juan, P. R., with whom Hartzell, Fernandez & Novas, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for appellee.

Before WOODBURY, Chief Judge, and ALDRICH and GANEY, Circuit Judges.


GANEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty entered in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, awarding appellee $545,619.41 damages for loss resulting from appellant's failure to deliver a certain cargo of beans and potatoes at a port designated on four bills of lading issued by appellant.

On or about September 30, 1960, L. N. White & Company, Inc., an American importer and exporter of food products, delivered...

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