Legal Opinion
A. C. Monk & Co. v. United States
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided April 8, 1931PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, District Judge.
The ultimate facts upon which these libels are based are not in dispute. The inference both factual and legal, however, are and were the basis of a somewhat unsatisfactory contest before this court. The libelant company are tobacco merchants. In the course of their business they intrusted 101 hogsheads of bright leaf Virginia tobaeco (98 of leaves and 3 of stems) to the United States Shipping Board for shipment to Rotterdam. The vessel in which the merchandise was stowed was the S. S. Bellingham. The place of storage was the No. 2 lower hold of that vessel; the hogsheads…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Northern No. 30District Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1928
3Cited by4 opinions
- David Crystal, Inc. v. Cunard Steam-Ship CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Federal Ins. v. American Export Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1953
- United States v. A. C. Monk & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1932
- Panama Canal Co. v. Stockard & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958