Legal Opinion
The Aquitania
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 5, 1927No. 373PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The appellant’s steamship Aquitania, is charged with colliding with the fishing schooner Malicia Enos on June 30, 1922, off the Grand Banks, Atlantic Ocean, resulting in the loss of the entire crew of five members and the schooner. Common-law actions wore instituted for the loss of those lives and property, claiming damages in the sum of $205,000. They were on the docket for trial when, on May 15,1926, the appellant filed a petition for limitation of liability under the provisions of Rev: St. § 4282-4285 (Comp. St. §§ 8020-8023). The ad interim stipulation given was m…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- The HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Norwich Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Butler v. Boston & Savannah Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
- O'BRIEN v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by26 opinions
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