Legal Opinion
American Sugar Refining Co. v. Illinois Cent. R.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 7, 1952No. Civ. A. No. 2414PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, District Judge.
Plaintiff in this action was the owner of a shipment of 54,000 bags of raw Puerto Ri-can sugar which, after being unloaded off the Steamship Morning Light at New Orleans, was placed in the defendant’s wharf-house known as Stuyvesant Dock prior to its being conveyed by the defendant to plaintiff’s refinery at Arabi, Louisiana. While the shipment was stored in Stuyvesant Dock a hurricane struck the City of New Orleans and damaged part of the shipment. The intervenors are underwriters who have indemnified the plaintiff for its loss and have been subrogated to its rights.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Railroad Co. v. ReevesSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Galveston Wharf Co. v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Lehman, Stern & Co. v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas R. & S. S. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- National Rice Milling Co. v. New Orleans & N. E. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- Powhatan Steamboat Co. v. Appomattox RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1861
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Compania De Vapores Insco, S.A. v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Cutten v. Allied Van Lines, Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 1972
- Compania De Vapores Insco, S.A. v. Missouri Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956