Legal Opinion
Lafayette Shipping Corp. v. Richards
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 5, 1924No. 4246PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
The District Court, in proceedings in rein for salvage, entered a decree for $15,000 against the motor schoonér City of Portland. The owner of the schooner appeals, on the ground that the decree is excessive.
The City of Portland was a wooden, auxiliary, twinscrew, five-mast schooner, 276 feet long, 48 feet beam, of a gross tonnage of 1,612 tons, and of the value of $300,000. On May 23,. 1920, she was at the docks of the Johnson Iron Works in the Mississippi river at New Orleans, and had been undergoing repairs. New propellor shafts had been installed, but had not been…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- The ConnemaraSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. National Oil Transport Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1923
- The CatalinaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1900
- The Joseph F. ClintonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- The Jean L. SomervilleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1922
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Star Towing Company v. Barge Org-6504District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1969
- Joncich v. XitcoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
- Kovell v. Portland Tug & Barge Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1948
- Paul J. Geertson, Donald Hogan, a Minor, by Paul Hogan, His Father and Next Friend, and Paul Hogan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- Holbrook v. Freeport Sulphur Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1924
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