Legal Opinion
Challenger, Inc. v. Robert S. Durno
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 10, 1956No. 15336PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Circuit Judge.
Durno (Libelant — Appellee) after inspection of the vessel in its run-down state virtually abandoned in the port of Belize, British Honduras, and personal verification that “the boat had no value * * * practically no value”, failing in his effort to buy the shrimp vessel Challenger for $4,500.00, then purchased on June 6, 1952, for the sum of $3,000.00 the outstanding promissory note of the face amount of $9,000.00 (then in substantial default) together with the Preferred Ship Mortgage, 46 U.S.C.A. § 922, previously executed by the vessel owner, Challenger, Inc.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Wooden-Ware Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Pine River Logging Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- United States v. Pan-American Petroleum Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1927
- C. J. Dick Towing Co. v. The Leo Commercial Petroleum & Transport Co. v. Texas Co. The DispatchCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Compagnia Maritima La Empresa, S.A. v. Rod PickardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Donald L. Roberts and Roswell I. Sawyer v. Hans C. T. EchternachCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Leon Bernstein Company v. Wilhelm WilhelmsenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Oil Screw Noah's Ark v. Bentley & Felton Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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