Legal Opinion

The 'Woodland.'

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 21, 1881No. 88PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from the .Circuit Court of the United-States for the.Southern District of New York. , The facts are stated in the opinion of .the court.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite

This.is a suit in admiralty to recover of the bark “ Woodland ” and her freight the amount, of two drafts drawn by the master of the vessel at St. Thomas, W. I., on her owners, one for the payment of $2,000, and-the other for the payment of $2,606.40, in New Yoi-k, to the order of J. Niles & Co., merchants in St.' Thomas, ten days after sight. The facts found by the Circuit Court, which, in our opinion, are conclusive of the- case, are as follows : — '

The “Woodland ” was a British bark owned by the claimants, residents of St. John, New Brunswick. In -November, 1870, while on a voyage from…

2Cited by17 opinions

  1. Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  2. Payne v. SS Tropic BreezeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
  3. Bean v. Pioneer Mining Co.California Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Salmon v. The SerapisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1889
  5. Mills v. The ScotiaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1888

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