Legal Opinion
M. & T. Trust Co. v. Export Steamship Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 23, 1933PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrouch, J.
The action is in conversion to recover the value of six separate shipments of motor trucks and parts carried by defendant and delivered at destination to an unauthorized person without surrender of the outstanding order bills of lading.
The shipments were from Buffalo, N. Y., to ports in Morocco, and were consigned to the order of the shipper, notify X. Drafts for their value, drawn by the shipper upon X payable to the plaintiff, to which were attached the bills of lading indorsed in blank by the shipper, were delivered to the plaintiff and by it forwarded to its Morocco correspondent for…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co. v. Blish Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- United States Navigation Co. v. Cunard Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- St. Johns N. F. Shipping Corp. v. . S. A. Companhia Geral Commercial Do Rio De JaneiroSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- American Railway Express Co. v. LeveeSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Reichman v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Hellyer v. Nippon Yesen KaisyaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1955
- Arsenis v. Atlantic Tankers, Ltd.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1963
- Clairol, Inc. v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Joseph Resnick Co. v. KaishaCivil Court of the City of New York · 1963
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