Legal Opinion
Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 30, 1949No. 12608PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
On March 7, 1948, Swift and Company, Packers, a Corporation of Nevada, U. S. A., joined by several corporations and citizens of Cuba and a citizen of the Republic of Columbia, brought a libel in personam in the District of the Canal Zone against Compañía Transmaritima Columbiana, a corporation of the Republic of Colombia, to recover for the loss of a cargo of rice by the wrecking of the vessel Cali, owned by the respondent, off the island of Grand Cayman. The cargo was shipped at Guayaquil, Ecuador, for Cienfuegos, Cuba, and libelants severally bought interests in it…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Manro v. AlmeidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1825
- Gardner v. Dantzler Lumber & Export Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
- Bremena v. CardU.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina · 1889
- Seminole Lumber & Export Co. v. Bronx Barge Corp.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1926
3Cited by3 opinions
- Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Brastex Corporation v. Allen International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Pride Shipping Corporation v. Tafu Lumber CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990