Legal Opinion
Caterpillar Overseas, S.A., Libellant-Appellant v. S.S. Expeditor and American Export Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 20, 1963No. 245, Docket 27956PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.
Caterpillar Overseas, S.A. appeals from a final decree in admiralty denying recovery in its action against American Export Lines, Inc., for damage to cargo. The decree was entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Metzner, J., where jurisdiction was based upon 28 U.S.C. § 1338.
On December 30, 1959, Caterpillar shipped two tractors from New York to Tripoli, Libya, on appellee’s vessel, the 5.5. Expeditor. Because the vessel’s draft was too deep for a berth at the port of Tripoli, the ship anchored, upon arrival, in the Tripoli…
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