Legal Opinion
Wyman v. Pan American Airways, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 25, 1943PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchreiber, J.
Plaintiffs’ testator, en route from San Francisco to Hongkong as a passenger on board the “ Hawaii Clipper ”, was lost in the disappearance without trace of that aircraft over the South Pacific Ocean on or about July 29, 1938. Defendants, now merged, owned and operated the plane.
The rights of the parties are fixed by the rules for “ International Air Transportation ” established and concluded at Warsaw, Poland, on October 12,1929, at a convention of nearly all governments, including the United States. Final adherence to this international treaty on the part of the United, States was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. BelmontSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Whitford v. . the Panama Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Murrary v. . Cunard Steamship Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Conklin v. Canadian-Colonial Airways, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Wass v. . StephensNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- National Airlines, Inc. v. Beryl Whiteman Stiles, Beryl Whiteman Stiles v. National Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Benjamins v. British European AirwaysCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Wilson v. Transocean AirlinesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1954
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