Legal Opinion
People's Nav. Co. v. Toxey
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 4, 1920No. Nos. 1833, 1834PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Wad dill, Jr., Judge. Petition by the People’s Navigation Company, Incorporated, and others for limitation of liability, opposed by A. E. Toxey and others. From a decree of the District Court (261 Fed. 797), denying the petition, both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
[1] Section 4283 of the Revised Statutes provides:
“The liability of the owner of any vessel, for any embezzlement, loss, or destruction, by any person, of any property, goods, or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage, or injury by collision, oi- for any act, matter, or thing lost, damage, or forfeiture, done, occasioned, or incurred, without the privity, or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel, and her freight then pending.” Compiled Statutes, §…
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- Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Butler v. Boston & Savannah Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Capitol Transportation Co. v. Cambria Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
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