Legal Opinion
Evans v. Blair
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 4, 1902No. 420PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of a libel for demurrage, filed by the owners of the schooner Augustus Hunt against a cargo of Cumberland coal, shipped from Philadelphia to Portland, Me., and claimed by Mr. Evans in behalf of the Maine Central Railroad Company, its owner, and the real party in interest. The decree of the district court was in favor of the vessel, and Mr. Evans appealed. .
The bill of lading provided that the vessel should have a lien on the cargo for demurrage. The case turns on the application of the following provision contained in it:
“Said vessel shall have…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Davis v. WallaceU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1868
3Cited by11 opinions
- Yone Suzuki v. Central Argentine Ry., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- Donnell v. Amoskeag Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1902
- W. K. Niver Coal Co. v. Cheronea S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1905
- Harding v. Cargo of 4,698 Tons of New Rivers Steam CoalDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1906
- Yone Suzuki & Co. v. Central Argentine Ry. Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1927
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