Legal Opinion
The Buckleigh
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 11, 1929No. 82PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge-
The merchandise in question was Spanish onions, a notoriously perishable cargo. But the shipment in this ease was subject to somewhat more than the ordinary infirmities, because the onions had been harvested during the preceding summer, and were not shipped from Spain until February 23,1923. Onions, as old as those were, generally showed more than the ordinary percentage of decay. The vessel arrived off the port of New York on March 16, 1923, and stranded at Jones Inlet that afternoon, while attempting to find Ambrose Channel, in a dense fog. The Merritt,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The FriCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1907
- Ft. Morgan S. S. Co. v. Baltimore & Jamaica Trading Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1922
- Ætna Ins. v. ConverseCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1903
3Cited by5 opinions
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- American Tobacco Company v. GoulandrisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1959
- The VallescuraDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1929
- Grace Line Inc. v. Grace Line Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Imperial Commodities Corp. v. Grace Line Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975