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CAPITOL TRANSP. CO. v. CAMBRIA STEEL CO.

No. 231.

249 U.S. 334 (1919)

39 S.Ct. 292

63 L.Ed. 631

CAPITOL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. CAMBRIA STEEL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 31, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Parker Kirlin, with whom Mr. George L. Canfield was on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. Francis S. Laws, with whom Mr. Sherwin A. Hill was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a petition to limit liability for the loss of cargo on The Benjamin Noble, brought by the present petitioner after libels in personam had been filed in different districts by the cargo owners, the Cambria Steel Company. The right was denied by the District Court on the ground that the vessel was unseaworthy with the privity and knowledge of the owner when she sailed and that the owner had...

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