Legal Opinion
City of Alexandria
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 20, 1885PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The libel, in this ease, was filed to recover $5,120.47 damages for the non-delivery in good order and condition of 399 bales of tobacco, brought from Havana to New York, by the steamer City of Alexandria, in March, 1883. Bighty-six of the bales were damaged by falling into the water, while in course of transportation on a lighter from the pier in Havana to the steamer, about half a mile distant. The bales weighed about 100 pounds each, and were three feet square. The lighter was without deck. There were three tiers piled below the gunwale, and three above. While the lighter was crossing to…
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