Matson Nav. Co. v. War Damage Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
172 F.2d 942 · 1949
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cited by 2 later decisions
March 1957
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“The “in transit” clause is not so free from ambiguity as to preclude resort to the legislative history. The opinion of the trial court, 74 F. Supp. 705 , exhaustively reviews the background and history of the statute and it would be idle for us again to plow that field. It is clear from the committee hearings that, except for a limited period in respect of cargo, Congress had no intention of authorizing the War Damage Corporation to cover what the Maritime Commission already had authority to insure. The concession in respect of property in transit was made in response to the pleas of the delegates from Hawaii and Alaska, whose sole concern, as expressed before the Senate committee, was for coverage for goods in transit to and from their ports; and even this concession appears to have been made, in part at any rate, under a misapprehension. From the inception of the legislation to. the final enactment of the statute protection for ships appears to have formed no part of this particular program. The evidence to this effect is simply overwhelming.”
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