Legal Opinion
Searoad Shipping Company and the Searoad (Bahamas) Ltd. v. E. I. Dupont De Nemours and Company, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1966No. 22169PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
The District Court in this libel for cargo damage cast the M/V Sealane in rem and her owners in personam for the total loss of a deck-loaded cargo of high explosives resulting from heavy weather on the short voyage from Key Largo in the Florida Keys to Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. The Court did so on the basis that deck-loading the cargo covered by a clean, under-deck bill of lading amounted to a deviation making the vessel an insurer. The Court also found unseaworthiness in the manner of stowage in view of weather conditions which could be expected for that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- The DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- St. Johns N. F. Shipping Corp. v. . S. A. Companhia Geral Commercial Do Rio De JaneiroSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Jones v. the Flying ClipperDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1953
- Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, Libellant-Appellant v. Poseidon Schiffahrt, G.M.B.H., Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, Libellant-Appellee v. Poseidon Schiffahrt, G.M.B.H.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. v. Poseidon SchiffahrtDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1962
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Fritts v. Cloud Oak Flooring CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1972
- Marquette Cement Manufacturing Co. v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1967
- Spartus Corp. v. The S/S YafoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Calmaquip Engineering West Hemisphere Corp. v. West Coast Carriers Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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