The Nonpariel’s Empirical Analysis
149 F. 521 · 1905
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Alexandre v. MacHan · Escanaba Lake Michigan Transp Co v. City of Chicago · Thompson Willson v. The Black Bird Creek Marsh Company · Casement v. Brown · Parkersburg Ohio River Transp Co v. City of Parkersburg
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is uniformly held that in a contract of affreightment, such as considered here, the party undertaking the carriage of merchandise or its transportation by water from one point to another is a bailee and’has a special property therein, and on account of his interest in the property carried may bring an action against a wrongdoer to recover damages for its destruction or spoliation. Another action by the cargo owner or insurer to recover for the loss is not permitted, where the damage has been satisfied or the wrongdoer has been released from liability. Payment by the tort-feasor to the libelant of the damages sustained by reason of the injury would be an effectual bar to any further recovery arising out of the same cause of action, either by the cargo owner or the insurer.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. The W. C. Block
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