Legal Opinion
Meredith v. The Ionian Trader
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 31, 1960No. 316, Docket 25882PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge.
This libel in admiralty arose as the result of water damage suffered to a cargo of wheat belonging to the Government of Pakistan and shipped from Tacoma, Washington, to Karachi, Pakistan, on the Ionian Trader. Six days prior to the expiration of the one year statute of limitations in the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 1303(6), the libel was filed in the name of the Government of Pakistan against the Ionian Trader by the proctors for the insurance underwriters of the cargo. The libel alleged that the damage to the cargo was a breach of the Ionian Trader’s duty…
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