District Court, W.D. Washington January 16, 1911, No. 4,354 (Pacific Creosoting Co. v. Thames & Mersey Marine Ins.)

HANFORD, District Judge.

This suit is founded on a marine policy insuring a cargo of iron drums containing creosote oil shipped from Rondon, England, to Eagle Harbor, in Puget Sound, by the British ship Sardhana. In storms encountered during the voyage the cargo was battered and damaged, and after the arrival at her port of.