KNOX, District Judge.
These are libels in personam, brought by the consignee upon order ocean bills-of-lading, for cargo damage. Inasmuch as the facts in each case are quite similar, the suits, for convenience, were tried together. I shall treat them as one and use, wherever possible, the singular.
The subject of the libel is fresh asparagus, of a variety known as "Mary Washington," which is the one usually sold in this, the Eastern, market, and which is supplied...
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