Legal Opinion
The Prussia
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 4, 1899No. 96PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree (88 Fed. 531) dismissing a libel filed to recover damages caused by the deterioration of a quantity of dressed beef shipped by the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company at New York in July, 1894, on the steamship Prussia, to be transported to Hamburg, and which was insured against loss or damage by the libelant. The beef wqs shipped under a bill of lading which contained the clause as follows:
“Dressed-Meat Clause.
“It is expressly agreed that the goods named herein are shipped and carried at the sole risk of the shippers or owners thereof,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Clark v. BarnwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- EJ DuPont De Nemours & Co. v. VanceSupreme Court of the United States · 1857
- The PrussiaDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1898
3Cited by6 opinions
- The CorneliaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1926
- Johnson Motor Transport v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1957
- S. L. Shepard & Co. v. Agwilines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1942
- The TjomoDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1902
- The SouthwarkDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1900
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