Legal Opinion
Earle & Stoddart, Inc. v. Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 21, 1931No. 97PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Limited, a British corporation, was the owner and operator of the .steamship Galileo, which in August, 1926, set out upon a voyage from New York to Hull, England, carrying the libelants’ goods as eargo. Within six hours of her departure, fire was discovered in the coal carried in a temporary bunker in No. 3 ’tween deck. The vessel immediately put about and returned to the port 'of New York, where she subsequently sank, as a result of efforts to extinguish the fire, with a total loss of her cargo. The present suit charges a breach of contract in…
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