Legal Opinion
In re Southern Steamship Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided June 8, 1955No. 1733PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODNEY, District Judge.
This matter arises upon a motion to dismiss a petition for limitation of liability filed by a shipowner by virtue of 46 U.S.C.A. § 185. The facts were as follows. On December 2, 1954, the steamship Southern Districts left Free-port, Louisiana, bound for Bucksport, Maine, where she was due to arrive on December 10. Not hearing from the vessel by December 8th, intensive efforts were made by the owners and charterers, Southern Steamship Company and Philadelphia and Norfolk Steamship Company, and by the United States Coast Guard to ascertain some tidings of the vessel. At…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- The " Scotland"Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Norwich Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- 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
- Ex Parte Phenix Insurance CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- In Re Southern Steamship Company's PetitionDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1955
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- Diamond v. BeutelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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