Legal Opinion
United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. v. Florida Grain & Elevator Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1927No. 4690PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
The Florida Grain & Elevator Company brought a libel in personam against the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, under the Suits in Admiralty Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 525; Comp. St. §§ 1251%-1251%Z), to recover damages sustained by delay in the delivery and consequent deterioration in quality of 10,000 bushels of corn, shipped from Jacksonville to Havana on the government steamer Hoosac.
The Hoosac, with the shipment of com on board, sailed from Jacksonville on September’ 10, 1920. She arrived in Matanzas, Cuba, on September 24, where she remained until…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- The LennoxDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1898
3Cited by10 opinions
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- General Hide & Skin Corp. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1928
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