Legal Opinion
The Persiana
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 14, 1911No. Nos. 165, 166PublishedCited by 42 opinions
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suits in admiralty by Edmund Uissberger and by Frederick T. Busk and others against the steamship Persiana; Furness, Withy & Co., Limited, claimant. Decrees for libelants, and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The following excerpts from the opinion of Judge Hough sufficiently set forth the facts:
“The wool was on one side of a wooden bulkhead and the whale oil on the other. The oil was well stowed and dunnaged, and no weather was encountered and no occurrences appear in the testimony explaining satisfac*397torily the enormous leakage which undoubtedly took place. * * * Some leakage was to he expected, and it follows that especial care was necessary to prevent injury to cargo In Its neighborhood. From the construction of the vessel it is clear that any considerable leakage from…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- The WestminsterCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1904
- The St. HubertCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1901
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- Bank of California, N. A. v. International Mercantile Marine Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- The Steel NavigatorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- The San GuglielmoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
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