RYAN, District Judge.
Libelant sues to recover for damage to part of a cargo of 265 bales of kid skins which were transported on the S. S. George E. Pickett from Massawa, Eritrea, to New York in common carriage.
When the cargo was laden aboard on October 30, 1943, a bill of lading was issued by respondent, Isthmian Steamship Company, as general agent, reciting that the goods or packages were received from the shipper in "apparent good order and condition....
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