Legal Opinion
The Yungay
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 27, 1931PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, District Judge.
This is a proceeding to limit liability brought by the owner and charterers of the steamship Yungay. The Yungay struck a reef off Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas on February 7, 1928, and became a total loss. The petition, as amended at the trial, alleged that due diligence had been used to render the vessel seaworthy and that she was in fact seaworthy, and that the disaster was an inevitable accident, due solely to hurricane, mountainous waves, and strong currents. After stating that the loss was without privity or knowledge on their part, and that the pending…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Luckenbach v. W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- The SouthwarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- La BourgogneSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Richardson v. HarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Gay Cottons, United States of America and Shalom Baby WearCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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- Petition of LieblerDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1937
- The MariaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
- Red Star Towing & Transp. Co. v. Pennsylvania R.District Court, S.D. New York · 1950
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