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Hockley v. Eastern Transp. Co.

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided January 10, 1935No. 2039PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHESNUT, District Judge.

The case presented is a libel in personam brought by the Receivers of Davison Chemical Company to recover from the Eastern Transportation Company the value of a cargo of acid phosphate shipped on a barge from Baltimore, Maryland, for carriage to Norfolk, Virginia, which was lost in transportation. The answer, while denying liability for the loss, sets up in paragraph 14 the right to limit liability, if any, by the surrender of the particular barge and the tug, also belonging to the Eastern Transportation Company, which was furnishing the motive power for the carriage.…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. La BourgogneSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. Sacramento Navigation Co. v. SalzSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  3. The City of NorwichSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  4. The Eugene F. MoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  5. The Main v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In Re MooreDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1968
  2. Hockley v. Eastern Transp. Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1935
  3. The C. F. CoughlinDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1938

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