UNITED STATES v. CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORP.

No. 71-1108. Summary Calendar.

456 F.2d 1281 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, a corp., and Robert H. Wall, Inc., a corp., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Peters, Jr., New Orleans, La., Ragan & Mason, Washington, D. C., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., L. Patrick Gray, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anthony W. Gross, Morton Hollander, Attys., Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEWIN, AINSWORTH and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Central Gulf Steamship Corporation appeals from a judgment against it resulting from damage to a portion of a cargo of flour owned by the United States which Central Gulf agreed to carry from the Port of New Orleans to Port Said, United Arab Republic.

The flour was packaged in bags at various manufacturing points in the United States and transported to New Orleans by rail car, arriving during the week ending June 30, 1964. Defendant had agreed...

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