Legal Opinion

The Steel Navigator

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided January 9, 1928No. 126PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtL. Hand, Circuit Judge

(after stating the facts as above). (The covenant of seaworthiness is to be determined when the ship breaks ground, and only then. The Edwin I. Morrison, 153 U. S. 199, 210, 14 S. Ct. 823, 38 L. Ed. 688; The Caledonia, 157 U. S. 124, 133, 134, 15 S. Ct. 537, 39 L. Ed. 644; U. S. v. N. Y. & O. S. S. Co., 216 F. 61 (C. C. A. 2); Biccard v. Shepherd, 5 M. & W. 471; The Guadeloupe (D. C.) 92 F. 670. It is measured by her fitness in all respects to fulfill the purposes of the voyage as then contemplated. Hence, if applied with literal strictness, a ship must from the outset be fitted in hull and…

2Cases cited11 opinions

The SilviaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
The CaledoniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
The Edwin I. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
International Navigation Co. v. Farr & Bailey Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
Charles Pfizer & Co. v. Convoy S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1924

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3Cited by30 opinions

Heinrich C. Horn, of the M/s Heinz Horn v. Cia De Navegacion Fruco, S.A. And J. R. Atkins, D/B/A Alabama Fruit and Produce Companu, Cia De Navegacion Fruco, S.A. And J. R. Atkins, D/B/A Albama Fruit and Produce Company v. Heinrich C. Horn, of the M/s Heinz HornCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
Edmond Weil, Inc. v. American West African Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
Horn v. Cia de Navegacion FrucoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
Ionion Steamship Company of Athens v. United Distillers of America, IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
McAllister Lighterage Line, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North America and Scott Paper Company, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957

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