The Royal Sceptre
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by the New York Tanning Extract Company against the steamship Royal Sceptre for loss of cargo. The Royal Sceptre is quite a large cargo vessel of the “turret” type, and said by her builders to be a “good timber ship,” and “able safely to carry large deck loads.”
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In Admiralty. Suit by the New York Tanning Extract Company against the steamship Royal Sceptre for loss of cargo. The Royal Sceptre is quite a large cargo vessel of the “turret” type, and said by her builders to be a “good timber ship,” and “able safely to carry large deck loads.” In August, 1908, she was under charter to libelant, which by its agent or controlled company loaded her at Colastine and port Borghi on the River Plate with a full cargo of quebracho wood bound for New York. Colastine is something over 90 miles above Rosario, and she was there laden to a draft of about 16 ft. 10…
1Opinion of the CourtHough, District Judge
-(after stating the facts as above). [1] Under the circumstances of this affreightment, the owner of the Royal Sceptre was not a common carrier, but a bailee to transport as a private carrier for hire. The Fri, 154 Fed. 338, 83 C. C. A. 205.
By the charter itself, the parties to this litigation agreed that:
“The ship is to be in no way liable for any consequences of * * * perils of the sea * * * collisions, stranding, ana/or other accidents or errors of navigation even when occasioned by the negligence, default, or error in judgment of the pilot, master, mariners, or other servants of the…
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- Lawrence v. MinturnSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
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- The FriCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1907
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- The OneidaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904
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