Legal Opinion

McGhee v. United States

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided March 21, 1947PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRIGHT, District Judge.

The question to be answered on this retrial is, what caused the S. S. Thomas Hooker to be lost as a result of the cracking of her plates on March 5th, 1943.

This suit has been sent back for further findings, because the testimony of Hathaway, the master, and of Nesbit, called as an expert, both witnesses for the respondent, was “baffling and unsatisfactory and it seems to us that justice will be best secured by having them reexamined”.

This court had originally found (Í) thai it had jurisdiction; (2) that the ship was not seaworthy, and defendant was negligent (a) in…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Baltimore Steamship Co. v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Pacific Steamship Co. v. PetersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  4. Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  5. Carlisle Packing Co. v. SandangerSupreme Court of the United States · 1922

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  3. Robert Livingston Pomeroy, Estate of Elizabeth Eagan Pomeroy v. Pennsylvania Railroad, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
  4. I. Hyeon Su v. M/V Southern AsterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  5. Hampton v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1954

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