Legal Opinion

Middle East Export Co. v. Concordia Line, Skibs A/S Hilda Knudson

Civil Court of the City of New York

Decided September 18, 1970PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLeonard H. Sandler, J.

Early in November, 1964, the plaintiff, Middle East Export Co. (Middle East), acting through a resident agent, purchased 12 bales of rugs in Kerman, Iran. Sometime between the packing of the bales on November 3, 1964 and March 1, 1965, when a trucker employed by Middle East arrived at Pier 10 in New York City to receive the remainder of the hales (5 bales having been previously picked up on February 23, 1965), four of those hales disappeared. No direct explanation of that disappearance was presented by anyone at the trial before me.

This lawsuit commenced when Middle East sued Concordia Line…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Robert C. Herd & Co. v. Krawill MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
  2. Alpine Forwarding Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
  3. David Crystal, Inc. v. Cunard Steam-Ship Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
  4. Carle & Montanari, Inc. v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1967
  5. The Monte IciarCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Stein Hall & Co., Inc., and Swift & Company v. S.S. Concordia Viking, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., and Skibs A/s Samuel Bakke, and Third-Party v. Pittston Stevedoring Corp., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
  2. Federal Commerce & Navigation Co., Ltd. v. Calumet Harbor Terminals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
  3. Miller Export Corp. v. Hellenic Lines, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
  4. Bernard Screen Printing Corp. v. Meyer LineDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
  5. United States Steel International, Inc. v. SS. Lash ItaliaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1977

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