Legal Opinion
The Jean L. Somerville
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 19, 1922No. 3889PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
About 11 o’clock a. m. on December 29, 1919, the schooner Jean D. Somerville, on her voyage from Das Palmas, in the Canary Islands, to Mobile, Ala., was sighted by the steamship Moosehausic, a vessel belonging to the United States, controlled by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, which, with a full cargo, was on her way to Dondon, England. The schooner had spoken a United Fruit Company’s steamship some days before, and shipping had been notified by wireless that the schooner was in the Gulf in a condition of distress. The schooner, when sighted…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- The ApacheDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1903
- The Barge No. 127District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1901
3Cited by9 opinions
- Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co. v. Indian Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. National Oil Transport Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1923
- Basic Boats, Inc. Ex Rel. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1972
- Lafayette Shipping Corp. v. RichardsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1924
- Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company v. Indian Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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