Ellis v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. In admiralty. Libel for freight. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.. cited The Soblomsten, L. R. 1 Adm. and Eccl. 293; The Cito, 7 L. R. Probate Div. 5; Cargo ex Galam, Br. & Lush. 167; Aitchison v. Lohre, 4 App.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. In admiralty. Libel for freight. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.. cited The Soblomsten, L. R. 1 Adm. and Eccl. 293; The Cito, 7 L. R. Probate Div. 5; Cargo ex Galam, Br. & Lush. 167; Aitchison v. Lohre, 4 App. Cases, 755; .the Kathleen, L. R. 4 A. & E. 269; Jones v. Holm, L. R; 2 Exchq. 335 ; Tindall v. Taylor, 4 Ellis & B. 219 ; 1 Parsons Maritime Law, 158-9; Clark v. Insurance Company, 2 Pick. 104; Palmer v. Lorillard, T6 Johns. 348; Campbell v. Gonner, 70 N.. Y. 424; Bulkley v. Cotton Compamy,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatohford
This is a libel in admiralty against cargo of the ship Tornado, brought by the master and owners of that vessel, to recover freight money. The district court, and, on appeal, the circuit court, dismissed the libel. The libellants have appealed to this court. The material facts found by the circuit court are these: On the 24th of February, 1878, the ship, while moored at the wharf in New Orleans, and bound on a voyage-to Liverpool, England, and before she had broken ground for said voyage, was discovered to be on fire in her hold. Her master had given bills of lading for the transportation…
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