Legal Opinion
The Maria & Elizabeth
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 16, 1882PublishedCited by 6 opinions
On Petition of Owners, etc.
1Opinion of the Court
NixoN, D. J.
A decree was ordered in this case against the offending vessel for $2,800 damages, and costs of suit. See 11 Fed. Rep. 521. The claimants, contesting all liability whatever, and failing to sustain their defence on the merits, expressed the intention of availing themselves of the benefits of the limitation of liability provided by section 4283 of the Revised Statutes. A stay of proceedings was granted to allow them the opportunity. The Benefactor, 103 U. S. 239.
The question of fault and general liability being fixed, the owners of the Maria and Elizabeth have filed a petition for…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Norwich Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Steamship Co. v. MountSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- The EnterpriseDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1870
3Cited by6 opinions
- Boston Marine Ins. v. Metropolitan Redwood Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1912
- The CatskillDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1899
- Cusumano v. the CurlewDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1952
- The TicelineDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1913
- ChunkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1905
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