Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit June 12, 1968, 24615 (A. L. Holden, Doing Business Under the Name and Style of R. L. Pritchard & Company v. S. S. Kendall Fish, Her Engines, Etc.)

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge.

This is a case of statutory construction, specifically, the interrelation of Sections 1304(5) and 1305 of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act of 1936 (COGSA).1

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In 1952, the cargo ship SS Kendall Fish sailed from North Africa to New Orleans laden with bales of sisal which were being imported from British East Africa under the Strategic and Critical Stock Piling Act, 50 U.