Legal Opinion
Kaufman v. John Block & Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 28, 1945PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONGER, District Judge.
Respondents have excepted to the libel as being beyond the admiralty jurisdiction of the court. Since there is no diversity or other grounds of jurisdiction, respondents ask that the libel be dismissed.
The first cause of action in the libel alleges that the respondents represented themselves to be the agents for the charterer of the vessel “Marie Anna”, and solicited from the libellants two shipments for sea carriage by the vessel as shown by two bills of lading annexed to the libel. Thereafter libellants delivered the goods to the respondents at the port of Charleston,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Westfall Larson & Co. v. All-Man-Hubble Tug Boat Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1934
- The YankeeDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1941
- May v. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Aktien-GesellschaftDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1931
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Pierside Terminal Operators, Inc. v. M/V FLORIDIANDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1974
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