Legal Opinion

Simpson v. The State of California

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 6, 1893PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. In Admiralty. Libel by A. M. Simpson and others, owners of the barkentine Portland, against the steamship State of California, for damages resulting from a collision. Cross libel by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, owner of the State of California, against the Portland, for damages sustained in the same collision.

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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. In Admiralty. Libel by A. M. Simpson and others, owners of the barkentine Portland, against the steamship State of California, for damages resulting from a collision. Cross libel by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, owner of the State of California, against the Portland, for damages sustained in the same collision. The libel against the steamship was dismissed in the district court, and at the same time an interlocutory decree was entered against the Portland on tbc cross libel, and the cause was…

1Opinion of the Court

HANFORD, District Judge.

This case comes before this court a second time by appeal from the district court for the northern district of California, this court having upon the former hearing remanded it for the purpose of assessing the damages to both vessels. Upon the last hearing in the district court no new evidence relating to the damages sustained by the State of California was offered in behalf of either party, and upon the evidence taken prior to the former appeals the court awarded the same amount of damages as by its first decree, with accrued interest and costs, amounting to the total…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  2. Mexican Petroleum Corp. v. Doane Towboat Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1932
  3. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. v. The Tank Steamship Esso CamdenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
  4. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc. v. Esso CamdenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
  5. The North StarDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1905

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