COMPAGNIE De NAVIGATION, ETC. v. MONDIAL UNITED CORP.

No. 19695.

316 F.2d 163 (1963)

COMPAGNIE De NAVIGATION FRAISSINET & CYPRIEN FABRE, S. A. and S. S. ALLOBROGIA, Appellants, v. MONDIAL UNITED CORPORATION, Appellee. MONDIAL UNITED CORPORATION, Appellant, v. S. S. EXMOOR, her engines, etc., and Compagnie De Navigation Fraissinet & Cyprien Fabre, S. A., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 4, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Marston, Scott, McCarthy, Preston & Steel, Miami, Fla., for appellant S. S. Allobrogia.

Talbot D'Alemberte, Fowler, White, Gillen, Humkey & Trenam, Miami, Fla., for appellant Compagnie de Navigation Fraissinet et Cyprien Fabre, S. A.

Dwight Sullivan, James A. Dixon, Jr., Dixon, DeJarnette, Bradford, Williams, McKay & Kimbrell, Miami, Fla., for appellee Mondial United Corp.

Before BROWN, GEWIN and BELL, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal and cross appeal from admiralty decrees allowing recovery for cargo damage presents five principal questions. The first is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain cargo's burden and the finding of Carrier fault. The second, as to both appeal and cross appeal, relates to the computation of damages, and the third to mitigation of damages. The fourth concerns the standing of the libelant corporation to recover since it...

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