Compania Anonima Venezolana De Navegacion (Venezuelan Line) v. A. J. Perez Export Company, Etc., and Tyler Refrigeration Corporation

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1962-07-17

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JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge. While the case ostensibly presents the question whether a common carrier by water may ever estop itself by inequitable conduct from exacting the full measure of the shipper’s obligation to pay tariff charges, the true nature shows it to be something quite different. What it really is, is a contest of equitie…

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