Legal Opinion

The Quarrington Court

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 29, 1939No. 249PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The steamship Quarrington Court sank in the Red Sea on December 7, 1937, with all her cargo. On or about May 17, 1938, the cargo owners and underwriters brought suit in admiralty in the Southern District of New York against Court Line, the owner, and Isthmian Steamship Company, the time charterer, to recover $439,587.41 for loss of cargo. In that suit the charterer filed a third party petition impleading Court Line, Ltd., pursuant to the 56th Admiralty Rule, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723, alleging that if Isthmian should be found liable for loss of the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Langnes v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Shanferoke Coal & Supply Corp. v. Westchester Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. The " Scotland"Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
  5. Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883

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3Cited by24 opinions

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  3. In re RosenCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1982
  4. WE HEDGER TRANSP. CORPORATION v. GallottaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
  5. In Re Complaint for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability of Shell Oil Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1991

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