Legal Opinion
The Four Sisters
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 8, 1947No. 1119PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORD, District Judge.
On February 8, 1945, Weston Ellsworth Esau, acting as administrator of the estate of Ellsworth Esau, commenced an .action at law against Abram II. Resevitz, owner of the fishing vessel Four Sisters, for the death of plaintiff’s son while a seaman on a voyage of the Four Sisters. Resevitz filed a petition on February 26,- 1945 for limitation of and exoneration from liability; the vessel and pending freight were appraised at $21,225.61; and stipulation of that amount with interest and costs was filed on March 15, 1945. The court restrained the commencement or prosecution of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Lindgren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Ex Parte GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Petition of Risdal & Anderson, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1968
- Heath v. American Sail Training Ass'nDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1986
- Jeanne Doyle, Administratrix of the Estate of Samuel Nathaniel Doyle, Libelant-Appellee v. Albatross Tanker Corp. And Overseas Navigation Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- In Re Southern Steamship Company's PetitionDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1955
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