Legal Opinion
Marine Transit Corp. v. Northwestern Fire & Marine Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 6, 1933No. 47PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
The libelant agreed to transport wheat belonging to Dreyfus & Co. from Buffalo to New York. The wheat was laden on the barge Ryan it held under a demise charter and towed on the barge without mishap until it reached Troy by way of the Barge Canal. While the Gerald A. Fagan, a tug owned by the libelant, was towing the barge into the government lock at Troy, it negligently brought the Ryan into collision with the wall of the lock, and the cargo of wheat became a total loss. The negligence of the tug was the sole cause of the collision. This disaster brought on litigation…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Sacramento Navigation Co. v. SalzSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Marine Transit Corp. v. DreyfusSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Chase v. Business Men's Assur. Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
- The R. Lenahan, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. v. Globe & Rutgers Fire Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Stuyvesant Insurance Company of New York v. Vincent Nardelli, Robert G. Nardelli and William NardelliCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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- Seaboard Shipping Corp. v. Jocharanne Tugboat Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- United States Fire Insurance Co. v. Gulf States Marine & Mining CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Company, Inc. v. C.N. Lloyd Brasileiro, the Hartford Insurance Company of Alabama, in PersonamCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
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