Legal Opinion
United States Lines Co. v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 23, 1943PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIFKIND, District Judge.
This matter comes up on a motion to overrule the exceptive allegations of the respondent to the libel by which the libellant seeks to recover $— for the loss of the S. S. X, by a marine risk, while the vessel was in the possession of the respondent under a demise charter. The precise issue raised by the exceptive allegations is one of jurisdiction; and the decision turns on whether the bareboat charter, under the terms of which the U. S. Maritime Commission hired the vessel from the libellant as owner, is also a contract of insurance within the meaning of the act of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Consumers Import Co. v. Kabushiki Kaisha Kawasaki ZosenjoSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Barlow v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Dittmar v. Frederick Starr Contracting Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- Portsmouth Fisheries Co. v. John L. Roper Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1920
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- California Eastern Line, Inc. v. Chairman of United States Maritime Com.United States Tax Court · 1952
- Foster v. Marine Transp. Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1947