Ocean Steamship Co. of Savannah v. The Chinese Prince
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
This was a libel on final hearing by the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah, owners of the steamship Dessoug, against the steamship Chinese Prince (Atkinson, claimant).
1Opinion of the Court
BRAWLEY, District Judge.
The British steamship Chinese Prince, loaded with cotton for Barcelona, left the port of Charleston at 2 p. m., December 20,1893, intending to put in at Norfolk for coal. When off Cape Eoiuaine, about 60 miles from Charleston, the piston rods broke, and the cylinder head of her high-pressure engine was shattered, and other damage was done to the water-service pipes. Almost immediately after the accident, the American steamship Dessoug, belonging to the Ocean Steamship Company, on her regular course from Philadelphia to Savannah, was hailed, and after some parley the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Murphy v. SulioteU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana · 1880
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