Legal Opinion
Samuel Sanday & Co. v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 20, 1934No. Nos. 507, 497, 498, 500, 505, 506, 508, 510PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREWSTER, District Judge.
These eight suits in admiralty, together with two other libels brought against the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation (hereinafter called the Fleet Corporation), were first consolidated for the single purpose of determining the question of the liability of the United States for the loss of cargoes on the City of Brunswick which stranded in Halifax Harbor in 1921. These suits came before Judge Lowell for hearing upon the merits, and he found that the United States was liable, notwithstanding the Harter Act § 3 (46 U. S. C. § 192 [46 USCA § 192]),…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Souffront v. La Compagnie Des Sucreries De Porto RicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Johnson v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- The " Potomac"Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
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