Legal Opinion
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 31, 1901PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
Twenty-three harbor tugs claim salvage compensation in the above 19 libels, for services rendered to the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse in extricating her-from fire at *964the Hoboken docks at about 4 o’clock in the afternoon of June 30, 1900.'
The fire was one of the most rapid and destructive that has ever .occurred to the shipping in this port. It broke out at the docks of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company, in which many lives and much merchandise were lost, and three large steamers of the .company were almost wholly destroyed. The largest steamer, the Kaiser…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Murphy v. SulioteU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana · 1880
- International Nav. Co. v. The St. PaulCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898
- Merritt v. The St. PaulDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1897
3Cited by8 opinions
- The Johnson Lighterage Co. No. 24Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1918
- Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. v. North German LloydDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1902
- The BremenDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1901
- The Johnson Lighterage Co. No. 24District Court, D. New Jersey · 1917
- J. M. Guffey Petroleum Co. v. BorisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1914
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