Legal Opinion

Panama Canal Co. v. Stockard & Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 16, 1958No. Appeals, 268, 269 and 277PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Coi-ien,

Plaintiff, a shipping company, instituted an action in assumpsit in the Court of Common Pleas No. 6 of Philadelphia to recover damages from defendants for the alleged failure of a terminal operator, Mobile Service Corporation, properly to care for and deliver to the consignees • entitled to receive them, all items of cargo discharged onto Mobile’s pier during the course of an unscheduled call by one of plaintiff’s ships at the Port of Philadelphia in March of 1954. The case was tried without a jury, and the court found for the plaintiff in the amount of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Freedman v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  2. Gardner v. Freystown Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  3. Federal Ins. v. American Export Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1953
  4. Anstead v. CookSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  5. Rosenfeld v. Continental Building Operating CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1955

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Fauceglia v. HarrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  2. Commonwealth v. Kurtz, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1969
  3. Commonwealth Financial Systems v. Smith, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County2010
  4. Koch v. Miller, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1961

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