Legal Opinion
Gulf Italia Company, Libellant-Appellee v. American Export Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 28, 1959No. 29, Docket 25066PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The libellant filed a libel in admiralty against American Export Lines, Inc., to recover for damage to a caterpillar tractor which was carried on respondent’s steamship Exiria from New York to Palermo in August 1954. The tractor was damaged while being unloaded. Respondent conceded responsibility, but maintained that its liability is limited by the $500. limit-of-value provision in § 1304(5), and a similar provision in the bill of lading.1 The tractor was prepared for shipment by putting waterproof papering over some of its parts and by partially encasing the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Waterman S. S. Corp. v. United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
- Petition of Isbrandtsen Company, Inc. Isbrandtsen Co., Inc. v. United States. The Edmund FanningCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- Brazil Oiticica, Ltd. v. the BillDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1944
- Stirnimann v. the San DiegoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Gulf Italia Co. v. Steamship ExiriaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958
3Cited by31 opinions
- Aluminios Pozuelo Ltd. v. S. S. Navigator, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., and Cia Mar. Unidad S.A. And Marina Mercante Nicaraguense S.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Barber v. General Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- Standard Electrica, S.A. v. Hamburg Sudamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft, Defendant-Appellee,and Columbus Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Peter Pannell, Libelant-Appellee v. United States Lines CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Mitsui & Co., Ltd. And Ataka & Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. American Export Lines, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. Armstrong Cork Canada, Ltd., and Armstrong Cork Company v. American Export Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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