Legal Opinion
Connecticut Adamant Plaster Co. v. James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 16, 1958No. Nos. 295, 296, Dockets 24607, 24608PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
The casus belli here was the capsizing and sinking of the Scow Louise in Bridgeport Harbor after a trip down Long Island Sound from the Bronx and the loss of her cargo of crude gypsum rock destined for the Connecticut Adamant Plaster Company at New Haven. Connecticut Adamant sued the James McWilliams Blue Line as charterer of the Louise for loss of the cargo; and the Blue Line im-pleaded the loader, National Gypsum Company, and Jacobus, the scow owner. Jacobus sued the Gypsum Company and the Blue Line for damage to the scow. These admiralty libels were consolidated for trial and have been…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Connecticut Adamant Plaster Co. v. James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1957
3Cited by3 opinions
- New York Central Railroad Company v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- New York Central Railroad v. New York, New Haven & Harford RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- The Connecticut Adamant Plaster Company, Libelant-Appellee v. James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc., and National Gypsum Company, Respondent-Impleaded-Appellee, and Charlotte F. Jacobus and F. Jacobus Transportation Company, Inc., Respondents-Impleaded-Appellants. Charlotte F. Jacobus, as Owner, and F. Jacobus Transportation Company, Inc., as Charterer in Possession of the Scow Louise, Liabelants-Appellants v. James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc., and National Gypsum Company, Respondent-Impleaded-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958