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Oneida Navigation Corp. v. W. & S. Job & Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 19, 1920No. 259PublishedCited by 47 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Brandéis

delivered the opinion of the court.

James W. Smith and another libelled the Schooner Percy R. Pyne 2d in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York claiming damages for injury to cargo resulting from unseaworthi-" ness due to the cutting away of timbers and frame for the installation of . an auxiliary engine. The Oneida Navigation Company claimed the vessel as owner and answered denying liability. Then it filed, by leave of court, a petition to bring in, under Admiralty Rule 15 of that court in analogy to Admiralty Rule 59 of this court,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hohorst v. Hamburg-American Packet Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893

3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Deckert v. Independence Shares Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Cogen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  3. Republic of China v. American Express Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
  4. Jiffy Lubricator Co. v. Stewart-Warner CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
  5. Green v. ObergfellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941

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