Vanderbilt v. Reynolds
District Court, S.D. New York
[Appeals from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York. [These were two libels for collision. The first was a libel in rem by William H. Reynolds and others, owners of the Ella Warley, against the steamship North Star, of which William H. Vanderbilt and others, executors of Cornelius Vanderbilt, were claimants. The second was a libel in personam by the said claimants against the said Reynolds and others.]
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD. Circuit Judge.
In the first ease, the district court decreed against the respondents, November 10th. 1866, $27,-747.82 damages and $276.76 costs. In the second case, the district court dismissed the libel, May 17th, 1864, with $420.96 costs. In the libel in the first case the claim was $100,-000. In the libel in the second case, the claim was “at least” $75,000, "with interest.” [Cases unreported.] The respondents in the first case appealed from the whole of said decree therein, on the ground that the libel therein ought to have been dismissed. The libellants in the second ease…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The" North Star"Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- The " America."Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
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- The PennsylvaniaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1883
- Woolonghan v. The BristolDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1887