Legal Opinion
The Eroe
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 15, 1877No. Case No. 4,521PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENEDICT, District Judge.
This action is brought upon a bill of lading to recover for damages to almonds caused by petroleum. The interlocutory decree determined that the libellant was entitled to recover the damages caused by petroleum to the almonds in question.
The evidence taken before the commissioner shows 192 bags of almonds damaged by petroleum. It also appears that these same bags were stained by salt water and by wine. The evidence fails to show the proportion of injury arising from these different causes. In this state of the proofs it must be assumed that no diminution in value was…
2Cited by5 opinions
- Morrison v. ColleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- United States Willow Furniture Co. v. La Compagnie Générale TransatlantiqueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
- The Cabo VillanoDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1926
- Morrison v. I. & V. Florio S. S. Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1888
- Cornell Steamboat Co. v. 1,883 Bags of SugarDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1901