Yang-Tsze Ins. v. Furness, Withy & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal to review a decree of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York in favor of certain owners and underwriters of cargo of the German Steamship Alleghany for damages resulting from the total loss of the carga as the result of a collision with the Pomaron on February 2, 1912. The original libels were filed against the…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal to review a decree of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York in favor of certain owners and underwriters of cargo of the German Steamship Alleghany for damages resulting from the total loss of the carga as the result of a collision with the Pomaron on February 2, 1912. The original libels were filed against the owners of the two vessels jointly. But the Hamburg-American Company, the owner of the Alleghany, filed a petition for the…
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd., a corporation created by and existing under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, prosecutes this appeal to reverse a decree of the court below. Fifteen separate libels were filed against the above-named corporation. The separate libelants were Yang-Tsze Insurance Association, Ltd., et al., Nord-Deutsche Insurance Company et al., Federal Insurance Company, Walter Oloffson et al., M. H. Silvers, Hazen & Co., Boston Insurance Company, Walter Despard, Eugene J. F. Coleman, Marshall K. Weidensaul, Frances W. Van Praag, Orton…
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