Legal Opinion
J. A. Jones Const. Co. v. Niagara Fire Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1948No. 5797PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment for defendant in an action on a policy of marine insurance. The plaintiff is the J. A. Jones Construction Company, which had purchased from the Kraftile Corporation of Niles, California, a quantity of glazed ceramic tile, which was shipped by vessel from that city of Cristobal in the Canal Zone. About ten per cent of the tile was found broken upon arrival, and there was evidence warranting the conclusion that a large part of the breakage was due to negligence in loading and unloading. The Kraftile Corporation had effected marine insurance…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hazard's Administrator v. New England Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
- Biays v. Chesapeake InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
- Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co. v. Reliance Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Potter v. Suffolk Ins. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1835
- Union Marine Ins. v. Charles D. Stone & Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1926
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company v. Allied Steel Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Plymouth Rubber Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
- Larsen v. Insurance Company of North AmericaDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1965
- Continental Food Products, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Continental Food Products, Inc., a Florida Corporation v. Insurance Company of North America, a Pennsylvania Corporation, A. J. Cunningham Packing Corporation, a Massachusetts Corporation v. Insurance Company of North America, a Pennsylvania CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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