Legal Opinion
Wood & Selick, Inc. v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 4, 1930No. 390, 391PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
These two appeals involve only the question of the statute of limitations. The libels were filed for damage to certain consignments of goods, shipped on the respondent’s vessels under bills of lading, issued in France, and containing the following clause (Rule 18): “All litigations arising out of interpretation or execution of this contract or bill of lading shall be judged according to the French law at the Tribunal of the place indicated in the bill of lading, and the owners of the ship and claimants formally declare to accept its competency.” The bills further…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Bell v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
- Engel v. DavenportSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Davis v. MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. BurnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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- The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Indussa Corporation v. S.S. Ranborg, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc. (Erling Hansens Rederi A/s and Skibs A/s Linea, Claimants)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Hausman v. BuckleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Marshall v. Geo. M. Brewster & Son, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1962
- Bell v. Wabash Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
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