Legal Opinion
Sanib Corporation v. United Fruit Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 3, 1947PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, District Judge.
The libel in this cause is in personam. The claim is that respondent, a common carrier, received from libelant on or about July 22nd, 1942, a shipment of 555 bags of banana powder to be transported from Puerto Cortes, Honduras, to the port of Tampa, Florida. It is alleged that the cargo was damaged by water beyond any possibility of salvage. In the same shipment there were also 157 wooden cases of dried bananas belonging to libelant, concerning which no claim is made.
The defense, according to respondent’s brief, is that the damage was caused (1) by an inherent quality…
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- The VizcayaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1945
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- Empresa Central Mercantil De Representacoes, Ltda. v. Republic of the United States of BrazilDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1957
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