The Titanic
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Petition by the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited, as owner of the steamship Titanic, for limitation of liability. On application of the Tong Island Loan & Trust Company and other damage claimants for commission to examine witnesses. Hus is an application for a dedimus potada tom to examine certain persons Su the kingdom of (treat Britain upon oral interrogatories and cross-interrogatories.
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In Admiralty. Petition by the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited, as owner of the steamship Titanic, for limitation of liability. On application of the Tong Island Loan & Trust Company and other damage claimants for commission to examine witnesses. Hus is an application for a dedimus potada tom to examine certain persons Su the kingdom of (treat Britain upon oral interrogatories and cross-interrogatories. The proceeding lias been brought to limit the liability of the owners of the steamship Titanic, sunk on the 15th of April, 1912, in mid-ocean. The moving party has excepted to the…
1Opinion of the Court
HAND, District Judge.
[1] The sixth rule of the general rules of the District Court, first promulgated January 6, 1912, and repromul-gated February 1, 1913, provides as follows:
“Commissions, either closed or open, shall lie moved for (if not consented io) upon affidavits specifying the facts expected to be proven, together with the names of the witnesses, the shortest time within which the parties believe the testimony may be taken and the commission returned.
“Xo commission to examine unnamed witnesses shall issue except by order of the court, entered on consent or cause shown, nor shall a…
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- United States v. Fifty Boxes & Packages of LaceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1899
- Encyclopædia Britannica Co. v. Werner Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1905
- Edison Electric Co. v. Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1890
- The LouisianaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1867
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- The Edmund FanningDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1950