Legal Opinion

F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Outten

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided April 6, 1920No. 1761PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Suit by L. A. Outten, master of the schooner Nannie May, against the F. S. Royster Guano Company with intervening petition by the Pocomoke Guano Company. Decrees for libelant and intervener, and respondent appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the F. S. Roy-ster Guano Company, a corporation, from a decree of the District Court at Norfolk, Va., sustaining a libel in personam in admiralty and giving damages against it for the full amount claimed bv U. A. Outten, master of the schooner Nannie May, appellee, for $1,3a5, with interest from February 7, 1919, and also giving damages against said F. S. Royster Guano Company for the full amount claimed by the Pocomoke-Guano Company, a corporation, for $699.75, with interest from February 7, 1919. The Pocomoke Company filed its petition, praying…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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  4. City of Richmond v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
  5. Central R. v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1893

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