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Keystone Leather Co. v. Compagnie Francaise de Navigation A Vapeur

215 A.D. 670 Court N.Y. App. Div. English

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Keystone Leather Company, Respondent, v. Compagnie Francaise de Navigation A Vapeur (Cyp. Fabre), Appellant.

Judgment and order reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event, upon the ground oí the error committed by the trial court in charging the jury that under the Harter Act[1] the carrier was responsible for the permanency of the identification marks throughout transport and until the goods arrived at destination. Present — Clarke, P. J., Dowling, Finch, McAvoy and Burr, JJ.

* See 27 H. S. Stat. at Large, 4-15, chap. 105, which is also known as the Foreign Bills of Lading Act of 1893.— [Rep.