The Cestrian
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Roster, Judge. Suit in admiralty by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans against Erederick Eeyland & Co., Limited, claimant of the steamship Cestrian, and others. Decree for respondents, and li-belant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
On September 28, 1910, the board of commissioners of the port of New Orleans, a body organized under an act of the Legislature of Louisiana, filed its libel against the. steam ship Cestrian, claiming $1,089.47 as due for harbor fees, wharfage, and shed charges against that ship, based, as provided in the act mentioned, upon what the libelant claimed was the vessel’s gross tonnage. Acts of Louisiana 1900, p. 44, Act 36. The claimant tendered $941.42, asserting that only that amount was due, which tender was refused. The contention of the claimant was sustained by the…
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- Transportation Co. v. ParkersburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Coul v. Louisiana Const. & Imp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1894
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