Legal Opinion

The Julia Blake

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided July 16, 1879PublishedCited by 6 opinions

[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York.] This was a libel in rem, in admiralty, filed in the district court against a vessel and her freight and cargo, on a bottomry bond. That court sustained the libel as to the vessel and freight, but dismissed it as to the cargo and the proceeds of certain copper and junk, with costs to the claimants of the cargo.

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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York.] This was a libel in rem, in admiralty, filed in the district court against a vessel and her freight and cargo, on a bottomry bond. That court sustained the libel as to the vessel and freight, but dismissed it as to the cargo and the proceeds of certain copper and junk, with costs to the claimants of the cargo. The li-bellant appealed to this court from so much of the decree as was not in his favor. This court found the following facts: “The brigantine Julia Blake. Abraham Knowlton, master, left the…

1Opinion of the Court

BLATCHFORD, Circuit Judge.

The only appeal taken in this case is one by the libel-lant. and is from so much of the final decree of the district court as dismisses the libel as against the cargo and the proceeds of the copper and junk, and as awards costs to the claimants of said cargo. The only question made, in argument, by the counsel for the libellant, is as to the cargo as no attempt has been made to show error as to the decree respecting the proceeds of the copper and junk.

There is no dispute as to the material facts in this case, as affecting the cargo. Those facts, as found by this…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique v. HoguetDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1888
  2. The Thomas FletcherU.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia · 1884
  3. Astsrup v. LewyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1884
  4. Grace v. The Mauna LoaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1896
  5. Cunningham v. Switzerland Marine Ins. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1885

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