Miller v. O'Brien
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Libel by Brice Alan Miller and others against Edward E. O’Brien for contribution of payment on bottomry bond. Decree for libelants.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The above libel was filed against the respondant in personam as owner of the American ship Andrew Johnson, to recover £1,617.4.3, the defendant’s alleged pro rata share of certain moneys which the libelants were compelled to pay at Hamburg, Germany, in order to redeem their cargo from a bottomry bond executed by the master at Callao, Peru, on September 15, 1884.
¡Most of the facts are stated in the decision upon the argument of exceptions to the libel. 35 Fed. 779. It was there held that the bond remained a valid bottomry lien upon the 1,200 tons of nitrates wldeh had…
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- Miller v. O'BrienDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1888
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