Legal Opinion
Otis McAllister & Co. v. The S.S. Marchovelette
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 1, 1961PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge.
In this suit in admiralty libelant as shipper sues for damages to a shipment of 14,000 bags of coffee which it claims were contaminated as a result of conditions aboard respondent’s ship. The coffee was loaded in Porto Amboim, Angola, and was unloaded in New York for transshipment to Toronto. The issue in the case centers about whether the alleged contamination of the coffee occurred aboard defendant’s vessel.
Some four years after the cargo was unloaded respondent retained a biochemist residing in London as an expert witness in preparation for trial.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Miner v. AtlassSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Mercado v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Huasteca Petroleum Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1926
- Ktistakis v. The Liberian S.S. StarDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1958
3Cited by2 opinions
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