Legal Opinion
Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllister
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 27, 1949No. 351PublishedCited by 309 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
delivered the opinion of the Court.. This case, like Hust v. Moore-McCormack Lines, 328 U. S. 707, and Caldarola v. Eckert, 332 U. S. 155, presents questions concerning the liability for injury to third persons of a general- agent who, under the terms of the wartime standard form of agency agreement, GAA 4-4-42, 1 manages certain phases of the business of ships owned by the United States and operated by the War Shipping Administration. More specifically the issue raised by these facts is whether such a general agent is liable under § 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, known as the Jones…
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