Legal Opinion
The Macona
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 13, 1920PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Admiralty. Libel by H. Gjessing and others against the steamship Macona and the Barber Steamship Lines, Incorporated.
1Opinion of the Court
LEARNED HAND, District Judge.
The rule in this circuit applicable to this class of cases was laid down in what for me must be taken as authoritative form in The C. P. Minch, 73 Fed. 859, 20 C. C. A. 70 (C. C. A. 2d). There a schooner on the Lakes had been overtaken by tempestuous weather and, was pounding on a bar. Her master and part of the crew left, but the mate and two of the crew, with two passengers, remained. Eventually she was brought to safety through the efforts of the mate. The services were highly meritorious, hut, as there had been no definite abandonment, the libel was dismissed,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Samuel B. Hobart and Others, of the Brig Hope and Cargo v. Andrew Drogan and Others, LibellantsSupreme Court of the United States · 1836
- Atlantic Maritime Co. v. TysellCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1917
- Talbert v. ElphickeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1896
- Gilbraith v. Stewart Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1902
- The C. F. BielmanDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1901
3Cited by5 opinions
- Usatorre v. the VictoriaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Usatorre v. Compania Argentina Navegacion MihanovichDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1945
- Drevas v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1945
- The SuperiorDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1920
- Elrod v. Luckenbach S. S. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1945