Legal Opinion
Belyea v. Cook
District Court, N.D. California
Decided April 6, 1908No. Nos. 13,611, 13,612, 13,613, 13,618, 13,619PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
DE HAVEN, District Judge.
These actions were consolidated and tried together. All of the libelants, except Bredesen, in March, 1903, shipped on the Bowhead for a whaling voyage in the Arctic and Pacific Oceans, upon stated lays. The voyage was not to exceed 36 months. The libels allege that the Bowhead was not supplied with lime juice or other anti-scorbutics, that the medicine chest was otherwise insufficiently supplied, and that the master failed to give the libel-ants, during the voyage, their proper share of the food on board the vessel. The vessel sailed on her voyage on or about March…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kelly v. The TopsyDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1890
- The BelvedereDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1900
- Burdett v. WilliamsDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1887
3Cited by2 opinions
- Hamilton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1920
- The CubadistDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1918