Horace Gray

“ In their usual and natural meaning, the words 'from any port in the United States' include all voyages, whether domestic or foreign, which begin in this country; the words 'to any port in the United States' include all voyages, whether domestic or foreign, which end in this country; and the words 'between ports of the United States and foreign ports' include all foreign voyages which either begin or end here. The words of the 3d section, 'to or from any port in the United States,' express in the simplest and most direct form the intention to include voyages hither as well as voyages hence. ”

“ By § 3, on the other hand, 'if the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise or property to or from any port in the United States' shall exercise due diligence to make her in all respects seaworthy and properly manned, equipped, and supplied, neither the vessel nor her owner, agent, or charterer 'shall become or be held responsible for damage or loss resulting from faults or errors in navigation or in the management of said vessel,' etc. ”

“ The Botany Worsted Mills, a corporation of New Jersey, and Winter & Smillie, a firm of merchants in the city of New York, respectively owners of two separate lots of bales of wool, shipped at Buenos Ayres for New York on board the steamship Portuguese Prince, severally filed libels in admiralty in personam in the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York, against James Knott, the owner of the vessel, to recover for damage caused to the wool by contact with drainage from wet sugar which also formed part of her cargo. ”