Legal Opinion
Wiggins v. 1100 Tons, More or Less, of Italian Marble
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 12, 1960No. 8115PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.
On January 22, 1894, the Norwegian Barken tine Clythia, bound from Genoa, Italy, for Baltimore, Maryland, went aground approximately 250 yards off the shores of Princess Anne County, Vir ginia, near the Virginia-North Carolina line. The good ship has rested upon the bottom for the past 66 years with only a portion of her top mast visible above the water. After all these years the Clythia has been partially restored to life due to the salvage interests in her cargo consisting of approximately 1100 tons of Italian marble, the value of which is dependent, in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Wood v. BurgCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1893
- The Port HunterDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1934
- The Bare CleoneDistrict Court, D. California · 1881
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