CHINA FIRE INS. CO. v. DAVIS

No. 380.

50 F.2d 389 (1931)

CHINA FIRE INS. CO., Limited, v. DAVIS, Director General of Railroads.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

June 8, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Oscar R. Houston and Arthur W. Clement, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward N. Abbey, of New York City (Russell H. Robbins, of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before MANTON, L. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company shipped certain parcels of rubber from Singapore to Akron, Ohio, which were received by the Union Pacific Railroad Company at San Francisco for carriage over its line. While in its custody (the road being at the time in the possession of the Director General of Railroads), three hundred and thirty cases were burned under circumstances which made the carrier liable. The plaintiff had issued to the Goodyear...

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