Legal Opinion
The Automobile Insurance Company, Libellants-Appellants v. United Fruit Company, (Consolidated Cause)
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 9, 1955No. 23289_1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURKE, District Judge.
Libellants were the owners of cargo or underwriters insuring cargo shipped on respondent’s S. S. Shell Bar for carriage to Havana and Central American ports. The vessel sailed from New York on the afternoon of May 1, 1948. Libel-lants’ cargo was damaged or destroyed by a fire which broke out in the early morning of May 3, 1948, when the vessel was off Cape Hatteras. Libellants filed libels claiming that the damage was caused by the negligence of respondent. Respondent’s defense was based (1) on the Fire Statute, 46 U.S.C.A. § 182, which exempts an owner from liability…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883
- The Main v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Petition of Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. Isbrandtsen Co., Inc. v. United States. The Edmund FanningCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- Earle & Stoddart, Inc. v. Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Cross-Appellants v. M/v "Leslie Lykes", Etc., Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- William Clyde Mason v. Lynch Brothers Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
- Asbestos Corp. v. Compagnie De Navigation Fraissinet Et Cyprien FabreDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1972
- In the Matter of the Complaint of Ta Chi Navigation (Panama) Corp., S. A., as Owner of the S.S. Eurypylus for Exoneration From or Limitation of LiabilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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