Legal Opinion
The Colima
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 24, 1897PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The petition in the above matter was filed by the above-named company, a New York corporation and owner of the steamship Colima, for a limitation of liability under section 4283 of the .Revised Statutes, against claims arising out of the loss of that steamer by capsizing in a storm about 25 miles off the coast of Mexico, at about 11 a. m. of May 27, 1895. The steamer and her cargo were totally lost; and out of about 209 persons, composing hpr passengers and crew, only 29 or 30 were saved. The sum of $23,846.58, freight, has been paid into court or secured.
The petitioner…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Butler v. Boston & Savannah Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
- O'BRIEN v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Craig v. Continental InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Lawrence v. MinturnSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- The RepublicCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1894
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Waterman S. S. Corp. v. United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
- The 84-HCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Gay Cottons, United States of America and Shalom Baby WearCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- American Tobacco Co. v. the Katingo HadjipateraDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1948
- The Erie Lighter 108District Court, D. New Jersey · 1918
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