MULVIHILL v. FURNESS, WITHY & CO.


136 F.Supp. 201 (1955)

Frances MULVIHILL, Plaintiff, v. FURNESS, WITHY & CO., Ltd., Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Raff, New York City, for plaintiff, Jacob Rassner, New York City, Herbert W. Sterenfeld, Brooklyn, of counsel.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, for defendant, Theodore P. Daly, New York City, of counsel.


HERLANDS, District Judge.

The question of the validity of a time limitation-of-liability clause in a steamship ticket is presented by this motion for summary judgment by defendant.

Plaintiff, an American citizen and a New York resident, brought a civil action on April 14, 1955 against defendant, a British corporation. Defendant owns, operates and controls a vessel, the S.S. Ocean Monarch, which is registered under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain...

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