Legal Opinion
Jones v. the Flying Clipper
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 5, 1953PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
This case is one of first impression involving the $500 limitation of liability provision, § 1304(5) of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1 2 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 1300-1315 (hereinafter called the “Act”).
The facts are stipulated. Libel-ants sue as endorsees of a bill of lading. On October 8, 1948, the Ford Motor Company delivered to respondent as a common carrier twenty packages containing automobiles and automobile parts for carriage on its vessel, the S. S. Flying Clipper, for delivery at Guam to libelants. Although a clean bill of lading was issued thus obligating the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- The Maggie HammondSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Steamship Willdomino v. Citro Chemical Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- The Malcolm Baxter, Jr.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
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- Mitsui & Co., Ltd. And Ataka & Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. American Export Lines, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. Armstrong Cork Canada, Ltd., and Armstrong Cork Company v. American Export Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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