Frack v. Consolidated Fuels, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing in dicta the possibility of a general necessity defense, but rejecting its use in the case at hand
• “The sailor is bound, as before, to undergo whatever hazard is necessary to preserve the boat and the passengers. Should the emergency become so extreme as to call for the sacrifice of life, there can be no reason why the law does not still remain the same.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).