The Santa Clara
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by Juan Veiga against the steamship Santa Clara; Joseph H. Trachy, claimant.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
[1] The libel is in rem for personal injuries to a fireman on the Santa Clara, and asks for full indemnity and such other and further relief as the libelant may be entitled to in the premises. This prayer, in analogy to the practice in equity, entitles the libelant to any relief appropriate to the case stated in the libel. If found not entitled to full indemnity, he will be allowed wages and expenses of maintenance and cure, at least to the end of the voyage.
The answer put in issue only the allegations of the libel, and set up an affirmative defense that the libelant’s…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Petersen v. The LamingtonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1898
- The New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
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- The OriskanyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1933
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