Legal Opinion
Rice v. Charles Dreifus Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 4, 1938No. 238PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The Williamsburg-Flushing Scrap Iron Corporation appeals from a decree in the admiralty holding it primarily liable for injury to the libelant’s scow Elizabeth R, while being loaded with fabricated iron and steel at a pier at the foot of Gansevoort street, North River. In July, 1936, the Dreifus Company had agreed in writing to buy some fabricated iron and steel of the Williamsburg-Flushing Scrap Iron Corporation, which that company was to deliver alongside scows at a wharf at the foot of Gansevoort street. When the Williamsburg Corporation began delivery in August, the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- The Steamer EclipseSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- United Transportation & Lighterage Co. v. New York & Baltimore Transp. LineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
- Harmon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
- Andrews v. Essex Fire & Marine Ins.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1822
- Kelly v. The TopsyDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1890
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Fred I. Putnam and James A. Overman v. Harry C. Lower, John Kadlec, George S. Herning, Edgar L. Peecher, William E. Barquist and Norman L. BunkerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Dowling v. Isthmian S.S. CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- United Fruit Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1951
- Petition of New Jersey Barging CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958
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