Legal Opinion

The Oriflamme

District Court, D. Oregon

Decided June 30, 1875PublishedCited by 7 opinions

In admiralty.

1Opinion of the Court

DEADY, District Judge.

This suit is brought by the libellant, Ernestine Koch, to recover $3000 damages for injuries to her person, caused by the negligence of the respondent and claimant, the Oregon Steamship Company, while engaged in transporting her in the steerage of the steamship Orifiamme, from San Francisco to Portland. It is substantially alleged in the libel, that a number of boxes of tin were so negli*813gently and insecurely stowed in the steerage, that the rolling of the ship caused some of them to be thrown on the libellant, whereby she was greatly injured and disfigured.

The respondent…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Karr v. ParksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by7 opinions

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  2. Heddles v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Muskogee Electric Traction Co. v. WimmerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  4. Ferguson & Wheeler Land, Lumber & Handle Co. v. GoodSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
  5. Smith v. Pittsburgh & W. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio · 1898

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