Legal Opinion
R. D. Wood Company v. Phoenix Steel Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 7, 1964No. 14334PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in admiralty by a buyer of pig iron against the seller for the value of part of the goods sold and paid for. The contract of sale required the seller to deliver pig iron on board a barge to be provided by the buyer at the seller’s pier. The dispute concerns iron which was delivered by the seller as agreed onto a barge furnished by the buyer and then lost when the barge sank at the pier some hours later. The buyer attributes this accident to the seller’s negligence in overloading the barge.
At the conclusion of the trial, during the course of which the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Arenas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
- The DoyleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- Board of Directors of Ajax Electrothermic Corp. v. First National BankSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- S. C. Loveland Co. v. Bethlehem Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1929
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Ligon v. State of Md.District Court, D. Maryland · 1977
- R. D. Wood Company v. Phoenix Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964