Dana & Co. v. Cosmopolitan Shipping Co.

Citations

• 131 F. 158
• 1904 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195

Syllabus

<p>1- Admiralty — Freight—Nondelivery—Interrogatories—Exceptions.</p> <p>Where, on a libel in admiralty to recover for a shortage of 51 tons in a delivery of pig iron, it was alleged that respondent delivered to other consignees out of the same cargo 91 tons of pig iron more than had been shipped to them, respondent could not object to answering interrogatories calling for the names of the other consignees to whom delivery of pig iron was made out of the same cargo, the number of tons delivered to each, and the amount called for by their respective bills of lading, on the ground that it required respondent to disclose the business of other shippers engaged in the same trade as libelant.</p>