The Priscilla
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
The court below decided that a maritime- lien was created against the Priscilla for the value of the libelant’s baggage, lost while in the custody of the vessel’s owner. 106 Fed. 739. Unless this conclusion was correct, the court had no jurisdiction of the action in rem. The Priscilla was one of a line of steamships operated by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, known as the “Fall River & Providence Line.” The company was accustomed to receive at its pier in New York City the baggage sent there by passengers intending to take passage on its vessels,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- The Moses TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Vandewater v. MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1857
- Schooner Freeman, &C. v. BuckinghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Scott v. Ira ChaffeeDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1880
- Ammon v. The VigilanciaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1893
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- The SaturnusCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918