Legal Opinion

Lehigh Valley R. v. John Lysaght, Ltd.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided February 23, 1921No. 108PublishedCited by 18 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action at law by John Lysaght, Limited, against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

WARD, Circuit Judge.

Lysaght, Limited, is the holder of two through domestic bills of lading of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company for transportation of plates of spelters from Kansas to New York, state of New York, for export, under which the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company is the last connecting carrier. The two ears arrived July 17 and 18, 1916, respectively, and the goods were destroyed by the explosion at the Black Tom Terminal on the night of July 29/30, considered in our opinion in the case of Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. v. Allied Machinery Co. of America, 271 Fed. 900, handed…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co. v. Blish Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
  3. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. RankinSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  4. New Jersey Fidelity & Plate Glass Insurance v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1918
  5. Lehigh Valley R. v. Allied Machinery Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Lehigh Valley R. Co. v. State of RussiaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
  2. Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Musante-Phillips, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1941
  3. United States of America, and Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Isaac MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
  4. General American Transp. Corp. v. Indiana Harbor Belt R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
  5. Fisher Corp. v. Consolidated Freightways, Inc.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1989

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