Legal Opinion
Cory Bros. & Co. v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 25, 1930PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODDARD, District Judge.
In Admiralty. Exceptions to libel. The libelant seeks to recover $8,615.49 which it alleges it was compelled to expend in defense of a suit in admiralty, and which the respondent, the United States of America, has declined to refund to it.
Facts.
In September, 1919, Warner Moore & Co. shipped a cargo consisting of 23,000 bags of flour on the steamship Milwaukee Bridge from Newport News, Ya., to the port of Per-nambuco, Brazil, and the United States, the owner of the vessel, employed Cory Bros. & Co., Limited, to act as its agent for the ship and its owner upon the ship’s…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bibb v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- The Milwaukee BridgeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- Cuneo Importing Co. v. American Importing & Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- The Milwaukee BridgeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1922
- The Milwaukee BridgeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1926
3Cited by2 opinions
- Cory Bros. & Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- Humphries v. WileyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934