The Jeannie
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Admiralty. Suit by the Alaska Pacific Fisheries Company against the steamship Jeannie, Alaska Coast Company, claimant.
Read the full summary
In Admiralty. Suit by the Alaska Pacific Fisheries Company against the steamship Jeannie, Alaska Coast Company, claimant. Libelant commenced an action against the steamship Jeannie, a wooden vessel of about 800 tons, and 22 years old, 12 to- 14 years of which time she had been plying the Alaskan and north Pacific Coast waters, and chartered in the spring of 1912 ty W. F. Swan and W. C. Dawson for trade between Seattle and Alaskan points, for loss sustained to a cargo of salmon shipped from various points in Alasita to the city of Seattle, for damage occasioned to the salmon on account of…
1Opinion of the CourtNeterer, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above)'. [1] Recovery in this case, if it is to be had, must be upon the unscaworthy condition of the vessel, improper dunnage, or negligence in caring for the cargo. It is' contended by claimant that the ship was seaworthy, *181and that if it was not actually seaworthy, it was operated with due diligence to make it so, and that it is exempted from liability by the stipulations of the bills of lading; that damage, if any, was due to the extraordinarily rough weather, bringing the damage within the excepted perils of the sea; that the damage, if any, caused by coal…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- The SouthwarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- The SilviaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- The CaledoniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- The BelfastSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- The Edwin I. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
27 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by4 opinions
- The SkipseaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
- The Pehr UglandDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1921
- John Vittuci Co. v. Canadian Pac. Ry. Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1917
- In re Southern Transp. Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1935