Legal Opinion

Distilleries Chemical Supply Co. v. Williams S. S. Co.

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided March 19, 1921PublishedCited by 4 opinions

In Admiralty. Libel by the Distilleries Chemical Supply Company, Incorporated, against the steamship Devona, claimed by the Williams Steamship Company, in which the Caravel Steamship Lines, Incorporated, was brought in by petition.

1Opinion of the Court

GARVIN, District Judge.

A libel was filed against the steamship' Devona to recover for freight paid by a shipper of formaldehyde and acetic acid, which were put on board and then taken off (at the direction of the captain) before the boat sailed. It appears that the Devona was chartered by the C. H. Pattengill Corporation, and that the freight *276was paid to the Caravel Steamship Lines, Incorporated, agents for the latter corporation. The testimony establishes, too, I think, that while the boat’s owner, the claimant, insisted upon a responsible charterer (C. H. Pattengill Corporation being…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Allanwilde Transport Corp. v. Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
  2. International Paper Co. v. the Schooner "Gracie D. Chambers"Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
  3. The SaturnusCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
  4. J. K. Armsby Co. v. Actieselskabet Dampskibet IslandCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
  5. Standard Varnish Works v. Steamship "Bris"Supreme Court of the United States · 1919

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. The Capitaine FaureCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
  2. Cooper & Cooper, Inc. v. CameronCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
  3. Cooper & Cooper, Inc. v. CameronDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1924
  4. Home Ins. Co. of New York v. Merchants' Transp. Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1926

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