Legal Opinion
Watt & Scott (Montreal), Ltd. v. S. S. City of Agra
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 1, 1940PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONDY, District Judge.
All the parties to this suit are foreigners. The libellants are Canadian companies, with offices in Canada. The respondents are British corporations and the vessels in which the cargoes were shipped are also British. The goods were carried from Bombay, India, to their port of destination, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, where they were discharged. The reconditioning and the disposal of the cargoes are taking place in Canada.
If England were the only forum, other than the United States, for the trial of this suit, the conditions existing there would receive the serious…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Canada Malting Co. v. Paterson Steamships, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Dreyfus v. O/Y WipuCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
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