Legal Opinion
O. F. Nelson & Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 21, 1945No. 10816PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty holding the appellee is not liable for injury to and loss of appellants’ cocoa beans while being transported by the appellee on or about January 29, 1942, in the harbor of Pago Pago of the Samoan Island of Tutuila, on appellee’s Navy’s wooden lighter, from appellee’s Customs warehouse to the steamer Jupiter.
The cocoa beans were an import from British Samoa and held for transshipment to California where they would again enter the Customs’ custody. It was admitted that the beans were held in the Customs warehouse not as a favor…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Canadian Aviator, Ltd. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. EllisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Gagne v. BertranCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
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- United States v. Real Property Located at Incline VillageDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1997
- O. F. Nelson & Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1948
- Jentry v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1947
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