Legal Opinion
Crowell v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 29, 1922No. 1860PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit by Peter H. Crowell and others against the United States. On petition for allowance of appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
This is a petition for the allowance of an appeal from a final decree in admiralty. The prevailing party objects upon the ground that the appeal was not seasonably taken.
The facts are not in dispute and are as follows: The final decree was entered on November 2, 1921. It decreed that the libelants should recover from the respondent $161,554.10 damages, “together with interest, at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum thereon from May 20, 1920, to the date of this decree, as part of said damages, said interest amounting to $3,051.57, making a total of $164,605.57.” In fact,…
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