Legal Opinion
Cohn v. United States Lines Co.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 15, 1949No. Civ. Nos. 10114, 10113PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEANEY, District Judge.
These are libels in admiralty filed against the United States Lines Company as owner •of the steamship “American Farmer” to recover for the loss of baggage and personal effects allegedly due to the negligence of respondent’s servants. In answers to the libels respondent asserts, inter alia, that the contracts as expressed in the tickets provided that unless a higher value be declared valuation of passengers’ baggage shall be taken to be not more than $75.00 for One-Class and that these valuations should be taken as the limit of liability of the shipowner for loss or…
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- Baron v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
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- The City of NorfolkDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1936
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