Legal Opinion
Calmar Steamship Corp. v. Scott
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 1953No. 303PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
This is a suit in admiralty against British underwriters on a war-risk policy issued to cover the Calmar Corporation’s S. S. Portmar for a voyage, in the winter of 1941-1942, from the United States to a port or ports in the Philippine Islands and return to an Atlantic or Pacific port in the United States. After the voyage had commenced Australia was duly substituted for the Philippine Islands as the outbound destination. The Portmar was under charter to the United States. This suit, based on damage inflicted by enemy aircraft, was tried together with a libel against the United States claiming…
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