Legal Opinion
Earle & Stoddart, Inc. v. Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 12, 1932No. 20PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis
Earle and Stoddart, Incorporated, and other owners of cargo shipped on the steamship Galileo, sued her owner and operator, Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Limited, in the federal court for southern New York, for breach of contract to deliver at destination. The defendant pleaded in bar the fire statute, which provides: “No owner of any vessel shall be liable to answer for or make good to any person any loss or damage which may happen to any merchandise whatsoever, which shall be shipped, taken in, or put on board any such vessel, by reason or by means of any fire happening to or on board the vessel,…
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