Legal Opinion
Coryell v. Phipps
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1942No. 10185PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
The houseboat Seminole, while lying in dead storage in the yacht basin owned and operated by George Pilkington at Fort Lau-derdale, Florida, caught fire following an explosion in her engine room. The fire spread to other vessels stored in the basin, and damaged or destroyed more than forty of them. Appellants, who were owners of vessels to which the fire spread, filed this libel against John S. Phipps (by whom the Seminole was alleged to be owned, operated, or controlled) and Pilkington (as bailee of the vessels in the basin) to recover damages alleged to have been…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- United States v. Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin · 1905
- J. J. McCaskill Co v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Lord v. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- The 84-HCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
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3Cited by38 opinions
- In the Matter of Multiponics, Incorporated, Bankrupt. MacHinery Rental, Inc. And Carl Biehl v. William W. Herpel, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Coryell v. PhippsSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Dewitt Truck Brokers, Inc. v. W. Ray Flemming Fruit Company and W. Ray FlemmingCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Zubik v. ZubikCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Waterman S. S. Corp. v. United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
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