Legal Opinion
Tan Hi v. United States
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 29, 1950No. 24662PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODMAN, District Judge.
The ultimate question presented by this libel for cargo loss is whether a carrier’s delivery of cargo into the custody of customs authorities as required by the law of a foreign port of destination constitutes the “proper delivery” required of the carrier by the Harter Act, 27 Stat. 445, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 190-196.
The cause was submitted to the Court upon stipulated facts. They are substantially as follows: Early in 1946, libelants, residents of Manila, P. I., ordered certain merchandise shipped to them from San Francisco and Los Angeles aboard the SS President Grant, a…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- The DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Constable v. National Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Calderon v. Atlas Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- The EddySupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Charles Pfizer & Co. v. Convoy S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1924
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Caterpillar Overseas, S.A., Libellant-Appellant v. S.S. Expeditor and American Export Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- F. J. Walker, Limited, Orleans International, Inc. v. The Motor Vessel "Lemoncore," Her Engines, Etc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Servicios-Expoarma, C.A., and Orimpex-Zona Ind. Del Este v. Industrial Maritime Carriers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- David Crystal, Inc. v. Cunard Steam-Ship CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Isthmian Steamship Company, a Corporation v. California Spray-Chemical Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
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