LEATHER'S BEST, INC. v. S.S. MORMACLYNX

No. 36, Docket 35562.

451 F.2d 800 (1971)

LEATHER'S BEST, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. S.S. MORMACLYNX et al., Defendants-Appellants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Herbert Prem, New York City (Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee-cross appellant.

John H. Reilly, Jr., New York City (Hyde, Dickerson & Reilly, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellants-appellees.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City (Walter P. Hickey and Richard H. Sommer, New York City, of counsel), for United States Lines, Inc., as amicus curiae.

Before FRIENDLY, Chief Judge, and MULLIGAN and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Chief Judge.

The facts of this case, which has already attracted considerable attention in maritime legal circles,1 are simple; the legal problems, some of them not apprehended by the parties, are difficult.

Plaintiff Leather's Best, Inc. ("the shipper") purchased some 11 tons of leather in 1967 from Carl Freudenberg, whose plant was at Weinheim, Germany. The seller's employees loaded the leather into 99 cartons, averaging...

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