Legal Opinion

Sawyer v. M. Levin & Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 26, 1946No. 11510PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The British owned Steamship Monarch of Nassau, for which Carl Sawyer was *49agent at Miami, Florida, was libeled for the loss of a cargo of bananas and claimed for the owners by the agent. The libel charged in brief that she was chartered by libelants, M. Levin and Co. Inc., for an indefinite number of voyages to carry bananas from ports in Haiti to Miami, there being an implied warranty of seaworthiness; that on March 26, 1944, having aboard 7,370 stems of bananas, she grounded on rocks near the port of loading in Haiti due to unseaworthiness and faulty navigation, whereby…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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  3. The FriCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1907
  4. The G. R. CroweCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
  5. The Framlington CourtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. The Monarch of NassauCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946

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