Legal Opinion
The Bristol
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided July 1, 1884PublishedCited by 6 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the CourtWallace, J.
' The court below properly dismissed the libel in tbis case because of the laches of the libelant in not asserting its claim seasonably. The collision took place July 5, 1872. The Bristol at that time was owned by the Narragansett Steam-ship Company. June 9,1874, that company sold the steamer to the Old Colony Steamship Company, the present owner. During this period of nearly two years that intervened between the time of the collision and the sale of the steamer, the Bristol could have been libeled at any time. The Old Colony Steam-ship Company was not only an innocent purchaser for a…
2Cited by6 opinions
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- Phœnix Ins. v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1932
- The U. & I.District Court, D. Maine · 1924
- The TigerDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1898
- The R. C. ReynoldsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1927
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