Legal Opinion
Virgin Islands Corporation v. The Merwin Lighterage Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 7, 1958No. 12305_1PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHastie, Circuit Judge
We have here a dispute concerning legal responsibility for damage to cargo in the course of lighterage from ship to shore at the Port of Frederiksted in the Virgin Islands of the United States. This appeal has been taken by the libellant Virgin Islands Corporation, which was the owner and consignee of the cargo. It sued The Merwin Lighterage Company, a private carrier which had custody of the cargo at the time it was damaged. The cargo was machinery, a disassembled generator, packed in some 28 crates and boxes.
At the Port of Frederiksted there is no harbor or protected anchorage. For a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- The Plow CityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
- Lavino Shipping Co. v. S. C. Loveland Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
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- Taisho Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. v. M/v Sea-Land Endurance Sea-Land Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Virgin Islands Corporation v. Merwin Lighterage Co.District Court, Virgin Islands · 1959
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