Legal Opinion
Spartus Corp. v. The S/S Yafo
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1979No. 76-1691PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
In the proceedings below, the district court entered judgment in favor of Spartus Corporation (Spartus) against Zim Israel Navigation Company, Ltd. (Zim) in person-am and against Zim’s vessel, the S/S Yafo, in rem for $83,939.36 in damages sustained to a shipment of clock movements while in .transit from. Ashod, Israel, to Louisville, Mississippi. On Zim’s third-party indemnity claim against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L & N), judgment was entered for L & N. A brief recital of the facts and the proceedings in the district court are necessary to point up the…
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