Legal Opinion

The Gov. Ames

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided April 3, 1912No. 562PublishedCited by 1 opinion

In Admiralty. Suit for collision by Charles L. Smith, as owner of the schooner Lejok, against the schooner Gov. Ames; Cornelius A. Davis and others, claimants. On appeal from clerk’s taxation of costs.

1Opinion of the Court

DODGE, District Judge.

Smith’s suit against the Gov. Ames, of which vessel Davis appeared as claimant, was dismissed by this court, and on appeal the dismissal was sustained by the Court of Appeals. 187 Fed. 40, 109 C. C. A. 94. But the Court of Appeals modified the final decree here, by directing an item of $393.75, paid by Davis to the surety on the stipulation given by him as claimant to release his vessel from arrest, taxed in his favor here, and objected to by Smith both here and on appeal, to be deducted from the costs which Davis was to recover, as the prevailing party, in the final…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Smith v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1910
  2. Jacobsen v. Lewis Klondike Expedition Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1901
  3. Lee Injector Mfg. Co. v. Penberthy Injector Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1901
  4. The EddaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1909
  5. In re LennoxDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1909

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. The TexasCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1915

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