Legal Opinion
Smith v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 14, 1928No. 3, 4PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The steamship West Aleta was owned by the United States and was operated by the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Her fatal voyage commenced at Seattle, Wash., on December 19, 1919. She stopped at San Francisco, Cal., to take on additional cargo, whence she sailed on January 6, 1920, carrying cargo destined for Hamburg, Rotterdam, and Cardiff.
The Smith libel involves a quantity of bean oil shipped by the American Express Company at Seattle for carriage to Rotterdam. After loss of this cargo the owner as signed its claim against respondent to the libelant, Jacob Telfair Smith.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Virtue v. Creamery Package Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Steamship Willdomino v. Citro Chemical Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet Corporation v. Rosenberg Brothers & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Charles Pfizer & Co. v. Convoy S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1924
- Dietrich v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Lichten v. Eastern Airlines, IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Firpi v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1963
- Saint John Marine Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Wellman v. Toyo Kisen Kabushiki KaishaDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1936
- Leiner v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1958
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