Legal Opinion
Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. v. McMahon
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 29, 1956No. 316, Docket 23960PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge.
Libellant’s vessel the Mormackite, bound from Vitoria, Brazil, to Baltimore, Maryland, sank at sea on October *1437, 1954, with a loss of 37 of her 48-man crew. To meet claims of survivors and next of kin of decedents, libellant filed its petition below for exoneration from or limitation of liability; and in this proceeding numerous claims were filed, including those by the personal representatives of the estates of the vessel’s master, Patrick McMahon, its chief officer, Harold R. Richardson, and its ehief engineer, Edward T. Wall, all of whom were lost. Libellant, acting on…
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- Campbell v. AshlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Sperbeck v. A. L. Burbank & Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Nordquist v. United States Trust Co. Of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by15 opinions
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