Legal Opinion
Middleton & Co. (Canada), Ltd. v. Ocean Dominion S. S. Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 12, 1943No. 229PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in admiralty brought on behalf of the owners of cargo of the Nor*620wegian Steamship Iristo to recover from the sub-charterer of the ship the total loss of the cargo caused by stranding on a reef off the northwest coast of Bermuda. The master mistook a wrecked steamship for a vessel under way, began to navigate in respect to her and thus got out of his course and ran on the reef. Judge Conger granted a decree for the, respondent ■dismissing the libels and the libellants appeal. We think the decisions should be affirmed.
The Iristo was a ship built in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The SilviaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- International Navigation Co. v. Farr & Bailey Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Compañia General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
- United States Steel Products Co. v. American & Foreign Ins.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- The Miguel Di LarrinagaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1914
3Cited by10 opinions
- De Bardeleben Marine Corp., as Successor in Interest to Blue Stack Towing Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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- Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. v. the Walter RaleighDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1951
- California & Hawaiian Sugar Co. v. Columbia Steamship Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1972
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