Legal Opinion
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. v. Companhia De Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 12, 1931No. Nos. 10863, 11145PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, District Judge.
The above-entitled suits were instituted to recover damages alleged to have been caused by a collision between the steamships Silarus and Almirante Jaeeguay, in the Scheldt river, Belgium, on August 24, 1927.
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company has pleaded the Belgian law with respect to damages, and also the regulations governing the navigation of the Scheldt river.
Companhia De Navegacao Lloyd Brasi-leiro twice attempted to plead the limitation of liability statute of Belgium, but both times exceptions thereto were filed by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.
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- The SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Yang-Tsze Ins. v. Furness, Withy & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
- The AustraliaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1903
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