Legal Opinion
The Majestic
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 29, 1897No. 163PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
166 U.S. 375
17 S.Ct. 597
41 L.Ed. 1039
THE MAJESTIC.
No. 163.
March 29, 1897.
Libelants, the Misses Potter and their maid, were passengers on the steamship Majestic, which sailed from Liverpool on January 20, 1892, and arrived at New York on the 28th. On disembarking, the contents of their trunks were found badly damaged by sea water, and this libel was filed in the district court for the Southern district of New York to recover for the loss.
The libel alleged that the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, owner of the Majestic, for a valuable consideration agreed to carry and transport libelants, with…
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