Legal Opinion

McGrath v. Panama R.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 8, 1924No. 4031PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRUBB, District Judge.

This was a libel in" the District Court, filed by the libelant, Anna McGrath, seeking ’to recover damages alleged by her to have been caused by injury received by her while a passenger on one of the respondent’s steamships, while it was making a voyage between New York and Panama City. The libel was dismissed by the District Court because of laches; it having been filed 40 days after the expiration of a year from the date of the injury. The appeal is from the decree dismissing the libel. The only question presented by it is the correctness of the District Court’s ruling…

2Cited by43 opinions

  1. A.C. Aukerman Company v. R.L. Chaides Construction Co.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
  2. Gardner v. Panama RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  3. 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
  4. Justino Lugo Vega v. The Steamship Malula, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., and Oscar G. Abello AmellerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
  5. Gillons v. Shell Co. of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936

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