Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit May 30, 1949, No. 12608 (Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.)

lead-opinion

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

On March 7, 1948, Swift and Company, Packers, a Corporation of Nevada, U. S. A., joined by several corporations and citizens of Cuba and a citizen of the Republic of Columbia, brought a libel in personam in the District of the Canal Zone against Compañía Transmaritima Columbiana, a corporation of the Republic of Colombia, to recover for the loss of a cargo of