Legal Opinion
Pioneer Import Corporation v. the Lafcomo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 16, 1943No. 102PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
This is a libel in rem against the S. S. “Lafcomo,” owned by claimant, and in per-sonam against respondent, operator of the vessel under a time charter, for damages to a shipment of lily of the valley pips due to their negligent stowage without tarpaulin covering on the foredeck of the vessel during its passage from Rotterdam to New York in November-December, 1939. The court below found for libellant.
Lily of the valley pips, or rootstocks, before the present war were commonly grown in Germany, and, being dugTn the fall, were shipped under refrigeration for commercial…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Schnell v. the VallescuraSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- The Maggie HammondSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Compania De Navigacion La Flecha v. BrauerSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- J. K. Armsby Co. v. Actieselskabet Dampskibet IslandCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
- Taylor Bros. Lumber Co. v. Sunset Lighterage Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- American Tobacco Co. v. The Katingo HadjipateraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
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- Cannella v. Lykes Bros. SS Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- American Tobacco Co. v. the Katingo HadjipateraDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1948
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