Sterns Lumber Co. v. John H. Rice Co.
District Court, D. Maine
In Admiralty. Suit by the Stems Lumber Company, .owner of- the schooner Florence and Lillian, against the John H. Rice Company and John H. Rice.
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, District Judge.
This libel is brought in behalf of the schooner Florence and Lillian, to recover damages sustained by the schooner in September, 1917, while discharging a cargo of coal at the dock of the respondent company at Bangor. The libel was amended, joining John H. Rice as a respondent.
The schooner is a three-masted vessel, of the burden of 250 tons, and a coal-carrying capacity of 400 tons. At the time of the injury *435she was in command of Nelson A. Crocker, a part owner. In August, 1917, she was chartered, under an oral charter, to the respondent company to load coal at Port…
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- Smith v. BurnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Look v. Portsmouth, K. & Y. St. Ry.District Court, D. Maine · 1905
- Thompson v. WinslowDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1904
- Hartford & N. Y. Transp. Co. v. HughesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1903
- Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co. v. WalkerDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1905
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