Legal Opinion
Mente & Co. v. Isthmian S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 30, 1941No. 357PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The appellants are owners and underwriters of cargo laden on the S. S. Quarrington Court at Calcutta for carriage to the United States. The vessel and her cargo were lost when she sank in the Red Sea. On the morning of December 7, 1937, when the vessel was about three weeks out of Calcutta, a small split was discovered in the main injection pipe. The split gradually increased until the pipe gave way about 8:30 A. M. The engineers then attempted to shut the main injection valve, but after a turn or two they could close it no further; “it was like metal sinking into metal.”…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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