In Re New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
The American Sugar Refining Company and John B. Gossler filed their libel July 22, 1893, in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, against the British steamship Centurion to recover damages to a consignment of hogsheads of sugar imported from ports in Porto Rico to New York under certain bills of lading.
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The American Sugar Refining Company and John B. Gossler filed their libel July 22, 1893, in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, against the British steamship Centurion to recover damages to a consignment of hogsheads of sugar imported from ports in Porto Rico to New York under certain bills of lading. The faults specified as the grounds of the claim were negligent and improper stowage; want of proper care on the part of the master, officers, and crew, or of the agent of the vessel and persons employed by him; failure to properly clean the hold and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
In his return to the rule the learned District Judge, in elucidation of the grounds on Avhich his order rested, refers to The Hudson, 15 Fed. Rep. 162, and The Alert, 40 Fed. Rep. 836. In The Hudson it was held that where several vessels are alleged to be in fault in causing a collision by which the property of a third person is injured, in a libel by the latter to recover his damages, all the vessels should be proceeded against as defendants to avoid multiplicity of suits, and to enable the damages to be justly apportioned among those liable according to the law in admiralty ; and that if in…
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