Legal Opinion
Guibert & Sons v. The British Ship George Bell
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 6, 1880PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
Morris, D. J.
This libel was originally filed by the owners of the French brig Briba, a fishing vessel of 150 tons, against the British ship George Bell, 1,100 tons, for a collision which took place on the ninth of August, 1878, off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, in consequence of which the fishing vessel was sunk, with the loss of two of her crew, and all the property on board. When the case came on for hearing, the court (Hughes, J.) held that the ship George Bell was solely to blame, and the case was referred to a master to compute the damages. Exceptions are now taken to the master’s…
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