Legal Opinion
Gourley v. Matson Navigation Co.
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided July 25, 1903Published
In Admiralty. Libel in personam eor Wages and Damages eor Breach oe Contract.
1Opinion of the CourtEstee, J.
This is a libel m personam for wages due to libellants from the corporation defendant and for damages for breach of the contract between defendant and libellants.
The facts appear to be these: The owner of the steam vessel “Charles Oounisielman’’ wanted toi run her over from Hilo, on the Island of Hawaii, to: Honolulu, on the Island of Oahu, a distance of some two hundred and twenty-nine miles, toi place said steam vessel on the ways for repairs, and she had to- be properly officered for that purpose-. Mr. Guard, tire agent of the defendant at Hilo, wrote: from there toi Mr. Baker in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pierce v. Tennessee Coal, Iron & RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. NeedhamCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
- The Ocean SprayDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1876
- Hindman v. ShawDistrict Court, D. Pennsylvania · 1806
- Woolf v. The OderDistrict Court, D. Pennsylvania · 1802