La Bourgogne
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the District Court, Southern District of New York, granting petition for limitation of liability for damages and loss occasioned by a collision between the steamship La Bourgogne and the ship Cromartyshire off Sable Island, in a dense fog, at 5 a. m., July 4, 1898. The opinion of Judge Townsend, sitting in the District Court, dealing…
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the District Court, Southern District of New York, granting petition for limitation of liability for damages and loss occasioned by a collision between the steamship La Bourgogne and the ship Cromartyshire off Sable Island, in a dense fog, at 5 a. m., July 4, 1898. The opinion of Judge Townsend, sitting in the District Court, dealing with the questions here presented, is reported in 117 Fed. 261. Upon this opinion a decree was entered granting the…
1Opinion of the Court
EACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The record is very voluminous. An examination of the briefs of the various appellants indicates that the important questions presented upon the appeals are as follows: First. Should not the petitioner be compelled to pay to the trustee the following sums: (a) The freight and passage money received by the petitioner for the passage from New York to Havre, (b) The freight and passage money received for-the preceding passage from Havre to New York, (c) The amount of money received from the French government as compensation for carrying the mails on the two passages.…
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