Union Steamship Co. v. New York & Virginia Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from tbe' Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe eastern district of Virginia, sitting in admiralty. It was a case of collision which occurred between tbe steamship Jamestown and the steamship Pennsylvania, the libel being filed by the owners of the former. The collision took place some few miles below the port of Norfolk, in Virginia, under circumstances which are freely stated in the opinion of the court.
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This was an appeal from tbe' Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe eastern district of Virginia, sitting in admiralty. It was a case of collision which occurred between tbe steamship Jamestown and the steamship Pennsylvania, the libel being filed by the owners of the former. The collision took place some few miles below the port of Norfolk, in Virginia, under circumstances which are freely stated in the opinion of the court. The District Court decreed in favor of the libellants, and assessed the damages at $1,893.08, with interest from 1st of February, 1855, till paid, and the Circuit…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the -United States for the eastern district of Virginia, sitting in admiralty. The libel was filed in the District Court, by the appellees, on the thirteenth day of June, 1855.'. It was a proceeding - in rem against the steamship Pennsylvania, and was . instituted to recover compensation .for certain damage done to the steamship Jamestown, by means of a collision which occurred between those steamers.in Elizabeth river, on the night •of the seventh of January, 1855, some five or six miles below the:port of Norfolk, in the State of…
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