Legal Opinion

John Penny & Sons, Ltd. v. M/V Swivel

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided April 4, 1967No. 63-61PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JULIAN, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, John Penny & Sons, Limited, and Caribou Fisheries, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to respectively as “Penny” and “Caribou”), brought this action in admiralty to recover damages from the defendants, M/V SWIVEL and Lake Shipping Company, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Lake”), resulting from the contamination of a cargo of frozen fish by ammonia fumes which escaped from a fractured ammonia pipe forming part of the refrigeration system in the hold of the SWIVEL in which the cargo was stowed.

On motion of the plaintiffs, assented to by the defendants,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Schnell v. the VallescuraSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. Waterman S. S. Corp. v. United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
  4. Ore Steamship Corporation v. D/SA/S HasselCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
  5. Edmond Weil, Inc. v. American West African Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Shaver Transportation Co. v. Travelers Indemnity Co.District Court, D. Oregon · 1979

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