IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
This suit is for damage to a shipment of Java citronella oil originating in Java and moving from Rotterdam to New York on respondent's ship, the S. S. Blijdendijk. Libelant alleges that the drums of oil were wrongly carried on deck by the respondent; that they should have been stowed under deck; and that as a result the shipment was "short, slack and seriously damaged and impaired in value".
Respondent's answer to the libel...
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