Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUTT COURT OF' THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a libel in admiralty in personam “ in a cause of action arising from breach of contract,’’--filed January 27, 1881, in the District Court, against the Liverpool and Great Western Steam Company (Limited) by the'Phenix Insurance Company, claiming to have been subrogated to the rights of the owners of - goods shipped on board the respondent’s steamer, the Montana, at New York, to…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUTT COURT OF' THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a libel in admiralty in personam “ in a cause of action arising from breach of contract,’’--filed January 27, 1881, in the District Court, against the Liverpool and Great Western Steam Company (Limited) by the'Phenix Insurance Company, claiming to have been subrogated to the rights of the owners of - goods shipped on board the respondent’s steamer, the Montana, at New York, to be delivered at Liverpool, and lost or damaged by her stranding in the course of her voyage, through the negligence of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This is an appeal by a steamship company from a decree rendered against it upon a libel' in admiralty, “ in a cause of action arising from breach of contract,” brought by an insurance company, claiming to be subrogated to the rights of the owners of goods shipped on board the Montana, one of the appellant’s steamships, at New York, to be carried to Liverpool, and lost or damaged by her stranding, because of the negligence, of her master and' officers, in. Holyhead Bay on the coast of Wales, before reaching her destination.
In behalf of the appellant, it was contended that the loss was caused…
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