Legal Opinion
Morales v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1953No. 14474_1PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Appellants on October 31, 1952, approximately two and six months after their claimed cause of action aro s e, filed this libel for injuries resulting to them from the alleged negligence of the respondent in permitting poisonous fumi gans in excessive quantities to exist in a cargo of grain which libellants, as longshoremen, had been employed to trim.
The respondent, excepting to the libel on the ground that it showed on its face that the Texas Statute of Limitations applicable to their cause of action had barred their suit at law and that no exceptional circumstances to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Holmberg v. ArmbrechtSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Southern Pacific Co. v. BogertSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Gardner v. Panama RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- The Key CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- McGrath v. Panama R.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1924
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3Cited by56 opinions
- A.C. Aukerman Company v. R.L. Chaides Construction Co.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
- Demetrios Larios v. Victory Carriers, Inc., and Alexander S. Onassis Corp., and Boyd, Weir & Sewell, Inc., and Cia, Salaminia De Naviera S.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Pure Oil Company v. Tracy L. SnipesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Andrew Oroz v. American President Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- William Alfred Giddens v. Isbrandtsen Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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