States Marine Corporation of Delaware, a Corporation v. Producers Cooperative Packing Co., Stokely-Van Camp, Inc., Springbrook Packing Company, Winndixie Tampa Inc., and Stanislaus Food Products Co., States Marine Corporation of Delaware, a Corporation v. California Packing Corporation, Hollister Canning Company, Hunt Foods, Inc., Richmond-Chase Growers, Inc.

310 F.2d 206 STATES MARINE CORPORATION OF DELAWARE, a Corporation, Appellant, v. PRODUCERS COOPERATIVE PACKING CO., Stokely-Van Camp, Inc., Springbrook Packing Company, Winndixie Tampa Inc., and Stanislaus Food Products Co., Appellees. STATES MARINE CORPORATION OF DELAWARE, a Corporation, Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA PACKING CORPORATION, Hollister Canning Company, Hunt Foods, Inc., Richmond-Chase Growers, Inc., Appellees. Nos. 16931 and 16932. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. Aug. 21, 1962, Rehearing Denied Nov. 13, 1962. Dorr, Cooper & Hays, John Hays and George L. Waddell, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant. Derby, Cook, Quinby & Tweedt, Robert H. Thede, and Thomas R. Kerr, San Francisco, Cal., for appellees in 16931. McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Russell A. Mackey and Bryant K. Zimmerman, San Francisco, Cal., for appellees in 16932. Before POPE, BARNES and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges. POPE, Circuit Judge. 1 These two cases, consolidated for trial in the district court and in this court, rose out of certain shipments of various quantities of canned goods and dried fruit received by the appellant aboard its ship SS Empire State for carriage from loading…