Legal Opinion
The Tommy
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 1, 1883PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, I.
T,he libel in this case was filed to recover the sum of $3,700 damages to 178 bales of linen rags, part of a consignment of 347 bales from Warsaw, Poland, which were shipped at Danzig on the bark Tommy, and brought thence to New York, arriving on the second of May, 1880. The testimony of the captain and mate and stevedore leaves no doubt that the rags were, on the whole, received on board dry and in good condition, although a few of the bales at that time required additional strapping, which was done by the captain’s direction.
The Tommy was a bark of 394 tons measurement, and of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Vaughan v. Six Hundred & Thirty Casks of Sherry WineDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1874
- The PereireDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1875
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