Gleason v. The Willamette Valley
District Court, N.D. California
Libel in rem for damages sustained while a passenger on board the Willamette Valley, the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company (Charles Clark, receiver), claimant. Decree for libelant in the sum of $300.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, District Judge.
The libel in rem is filed to recover the sum of $5,000 for damages alleged to have been sustained by libel-ant, while a passenger on board of the steamship Willamette Valley, on a voyage from Yaquina Bay, Or., to San Francisco. ' Libelant alleges that, after he had been received on board the vessel, he was refused first-class accommodations, to which, he claims, his ticket *713entitled him, and that he was not permitted to occupy a steerage1 passage, although he offered to pay for the same; that he was excluded from the cabin and steerage of the vessel, kept and confined…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- The Moses TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Winter's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Carsten v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Hoffman v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. DennisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1893
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Albert Kornberg and Laura Kornberg v. Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Chandler v. The Willamette ValleyDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1896
- Austro-American S. S. Co. v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
- The VueltabajoDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1908
- Owens v. Italia Societa Per Azione Navigazione-GenovaCivil Court of the City of New York · 1972
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