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SWEDISH AMERICAN LINE v. EVANS PRODUCTS CO.

Nos. 14144, 14145.

431 F.2d 869 (1970)

SWEDISH AMERICAN LINE and Swedish Transatlantic Line, Appellants, v. EVANS PRODUCTS CO., Appellee. EVANS PRODUCTS CO., Appellant, v. SWEDISH AMERICAN LINE, Swedish Transatlantic Line and Norfolk & Western Railway Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Hughes, III, and E. Martin Schara, III, Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Swedish American Line and Swedish Transatlantic Line.

Guilford D. Ware, Norfolk, Va. (Walkley E. Johnson, Jr., and Crenshaw, Ware & Johnson, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Evans Products Co.

William T. Prince, Norfolk, Va. (Williams, Worrell, Kelly & Worthington, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The Swedish Lines appeal from a decree in admiralty awarding damages to Evans Products Company, consignee of hardboard shipped from Sweden to the United States. On sufficient evidence, the district judge found that all the cargo was in good condition when it was delivered to the ship in Sweden and that a portion was in damaged condition when discharged in Norfolk. The stevedore observed, and advised the mate, that a quantity of crates had one or more broken...

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