Legal Opinion
Commerce Oil Corporation v. Dixie Carriers, Inc., Owner of Barge the Dxe-78
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1958No. 16919PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANNAY, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a libel filed by the Appellant, the owner of a shipment of lubricating oil, against Appellee, to recover damages sustained to the cargo shipped by a barge, which departed June 1, 1951, at about 10:00 P.M., in tow of Appellee’s Tug Ben B, from Goodhope, Louisiana, to Houston, Texas.
The contract of carriage relieved the Appellee from liability for cargo loss or damage if it exercised due diligence to make the carrying vessel seaworthy, and if it exercised reasonable care in the receipt, storage, handling, care and delivery of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. Oregon State Medical SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- The SilviaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Sacramento Navigation Co. v. SalzSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Ricardo Fotys Caradelis v. Refineria Panama, S. A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Caribbean Federation Lines v. Karl Dahl and Hjalmar WiikCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- The Tug R. A. Turrentine, Her Engines, Etc. Brown & Root, Inc. v. American Home Assurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Pure Oil Co. v. M/V T. M. NorsworthyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1959
- Ricardo Fotys Caradelis v. Refineria Panama, S. A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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