Hawaii Supreme Court July 15, 1887 (G. W. Macfarlane & Co. v. Bark "Cerastes")

Opinion of the Court, by

Preston, J.

This is a suit to recover the sum of $514.18 for damages alleged to .have been sustained by the libellants, who are the owners of. certain iron shipped on board the German bark Cerastes, at Liverpool, for Honolulu, in consequence of such iron'having become rusted on the voyage from alleged improper stowage.