Legal Opinion
Copco Steel & Engineering Company v. S/S ALWAKI
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 6, 1955PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDELSTEIN, District Judge.
This is a suit in Admiralty for nondelivery of and damage to cargo. It was delivered to the S.S. “Alwaki” at Antwerp, Belgium, for transportation to Baltimore and ultimate delivery to libellant. The shipment consisted of 537 lifts, each weighing about one ton, of structural steel shapes, each about 30 feet long and with approximately 75 in each bundle. The bundles were not covered but the steel was banded together at several places. At the time of the receipt of the steel on board ship a bill of lading was issued acknowledging receipt of the shapes in apparent good…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Higgins v. Anglo-Algerian S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- Stirnimann v. the San DiegoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Copco Steel & Engineering Co. v. the Prins Willem Van OranjeDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1957
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