Legal Opinion
Cities Service Oil Company, as Owner of S.S. Royal Oak, Libelant v. Puerto Rico Lighterage Company, as Owner of the Tug Charles E. Dunlap
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 6, 1962No. 5854PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
This 'appeal is from the dismissal of a libel filed in a suit in admiralty. The libel stated a claim for damage to the steamship Royal Oak, allegedly caused by a collision between it and the tug Charles E. Dunlap, owned by the respondent. The collision is alleged to have occurred in the Harbor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 23, 1956.
The libel was filed on June 30, 1959, more than two years after the alleged collision had occurred, and more than one year after the analogous statute of limitations 1 of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico had run. After a trial on the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Andrew Oroz v. American President Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Kane v. Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Ana Maria Edelmann v. The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Francisco Torres Ramos v. Continental Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
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