Legal Opinion

The Nettie Quill

District Court, S.D. Alabama

Decided July 10, 1903No. 1,017PublishedCited by 11 opinions

In Admiralty. Suit in rem to recover for injury to property in shipment.

1Opinion of the Court

TOULMIN, District Judge.

The libel in substance alleges that the steamboat Nettie Quill was a river steamboat, plying on the Mobile and Alabama rivers between Mobile, Ala., and points above Blacksher’s Landing on the Alabama river, and was engaged in carrying passengers and cargo for hire as a common carrier; that on the 13th day of May, 1902, the master of the said steamboat, for the boat, agreed to carry from Mobile to Blacksher’s Landing a certain steam locomotive belonging to libelant for a stated amount of freight, if libelant would furnish a barge on which to transport the same, said…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. The "Margaret."Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. The DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  3. The NacoocheeSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. The Steamer WebbSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  5. The Blue JacketSupreme Court of the United States · 1892

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Sacramento Navigation Co. v. SalzSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. Wirth Limited and Hoesch Siegerlandwerke A. G. Siegen v. S/s Acadia Forest and Lash Barge No. Cg-204, Eurogulf Lines D/B/A Central Gulf Contramar LineCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  3. The MurrellDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1911
  4. Tice Towing Line v. James McWilliams Blue LineDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1931
  5. The CoastwiseCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1916

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