Legal Opinion
Burdines, Inc. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1952No. 14038PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a decree below dismissing a libel in admiralty brought by appellant against appellee to recover for alleged short delivery in a shipment of merchandise consigned by a shipper in New York City to libellant at Miami, Florida, aboard a steamship operated by respondent.
The shipper tendered to respondent with the merchandise a printed bill of lading, prepared by the shipper, containing a provision that suits against the carrier could be instituted “within two years and one day” after notice that the carrier had disallowed a claim of loss. This was not the…
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- Shackman v. Cunard White Star, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1940
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