Legal Opinion
The Friesland
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 18, 1900PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Admiralty. s3uit to recover damages for injury to cargo.
1Opinion of the Court
'BROWN, District Judge.
On a voyage of the Friesland from Antwerp to New York in October, 1898, four shipments of libelants’ goods were damaged by sea water, which gained access through a leak in the valve chest through which one of the steerage closets was discharged. The libel was filed to recover the damages. The evidence shows that the bottom of the valve chest, which was of cast iron and three-eighths of an inch thick, had become worn a.way by the combined action of corrosion and the play upon it of the valve, so that a circular hole about three-eighths of an inch in diameter was made,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- The PhoeniciaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1898
- Potter v. The MajesticDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1893
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