Shoe v. George F. Craig & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Suit in admiralty by Bonaparte Shoe, managing owner of the schooner Matilda Borda, against George F. Craig & Co. Decree for libelant for part damages, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
[1] In the court below, Bonaparte Shoe, managing owner of the schooner Matilda Borda, filed a libel against Craig & Co. to enforce contribution in general average. While en route from Fernandina, Fla., that vessel, having for her sole freight a cargo of lumber for-Craig & Co. at Philadelphia, was disabled by a violent storm, and compelled to bear away to Charleston, S. C., her nearest port of refuge. From there she was subsequently towed to Philadelphia. The full facts of the case are set forth at length in the opinion of the court below reported in 189 Fed. 227, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shoe v. CraigDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1911