Legal Opinion
Harrison v. Hughes
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided February 5, 1903No. 594Published
In Admiralty. On exceptions to report of Commissioner.
1Opinion of the Court
BRADFORD, District .Judge.
The steamship Glenochil stranded on the new breakwater off Lewes in this district, November 30, 1897, thereby receiving much damage. This court, having held that the stranding was due to the negligence of both the steamship and the respondents, (no Fed. 545) made an interlocutory decree that the libelant recover from the respondents one half of the damages and costs, and referred the case to a commissioner to ascertain, compute and report the same to the court. The commissioner has made his-report allowing as part of the damages $13,000 for “demurrage and portage…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The BulgariaDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1897
- New Orleans Nav. Co. v. St. Louis & N. O. Anchor LineCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1896
- Brent v. ThorntonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1901
- The Frammas Warsaktiebolag v. The Jas. A. DumontDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1888