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CONSTABLE v. NATIONAL STEAMSHIP CO.

No. 21.

154 U.S. 51 (1894)

14 S.Ct. 1062

38 L.Ed. 903

CONSTABLE, v. NATIONAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph H. Choate for appellants. Mr. William V. Rowe and Mr. Treadwell Cleveland were with him on his brief.

Mr. James C. Carter for appellee. A brief for the same was also filed by Mr. John Chetwood.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves the liability of a steamship company for the loss by fire of a consignment of goods unloaded without personal notice to the consignee upon the wharf of a company other than the one owning the vessel.

By the Limited Liability Act, Rev. Stat. § 4282, no ship owner is liable to answer for the loss of any merchandise shipped upon his vessel by reason of any fire "happening to or on board...

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