Legal Opinion
The Baker
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 25, 1907PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Admiralty. On exception to libel.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATFIELD, District Judge.
The libelant, who is not an American citizen, was injured, by falling, upon a tramp steamer flying the German flag and admittedly of German registration, while the vessel was upon the high seas. Upon the arrival of the vessel at the port of New York, the libelant, in the District Court of the United States for this district, libeled the steamer, alleging negligence on the part of the owners, agents, servants, and crew of the vessel, and claiming the sum of $15,000 damages. Process was issued and executed upon the vessel, and claimant’s bond has been given, so that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- The BelgenlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- The Bound BrookDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1906
- Petersen v. The LamingtonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1898
- Davis v. The BurchardDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1890
- Williams v. The WelhavenDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1892
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3Cited by3 opinions
- The EsterDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1911
- The Hanna NielsenDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1928
- The S. S. EmmyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1940