Legal Opinion
The Jamestown
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided February 18, 1902PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Admiralty. Libel and cross libel for collision.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, District Judge.
This is the case of a libel and cross libel arising out of a collision between the Old Dominion Steamship Company’s ship the Jamestown and Barge No. 5 of the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Company, on the evening of February 8, 1899, in the Elizabeth river, between Boush’s Bluff and Sewell’s Point, the barge, in tow of the tug Norfolk, coming up the river, on her way from Cape Charles to Port Norfolk, and the steamer going down, on her way from Norfolk to Newport News. The tide at the time was flood, with a heavy northwesterly gale prevailing.
The charges of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- The SyracuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- The " Galatea."Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Jones v. MannCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1896
- The MayumbaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1884
- Marsh v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1892
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by5 opinions
- The HamiltonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1914
- The Shinsei MaruDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1920
- The TaurusDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1907
- The MeridaDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1909
- Turlington v. New York, P. & N. R.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1921