Legal Opinion
The Mercedes
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 20, 1901PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit for collision. On exceptions to libel.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN District Judge.
The libel excepted to alleges that tlve fug Morrales of which the libelant was master, had in tow alongside on the 1st day of April, 1901, a barge called the Sampson, and that while towing her in (lie harbor of New York in the usual channel towards Forty-First street;, South Brooklyn, the barge was run into by the steamship Buena Ventura solely through the negligence and fault of the latter; that the barge and cargo were thereby totally lost, and *560that the owners have sustained damages thereby to the amount of $9,000, for which judgment is asked. Exceptions to the libel…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The BeaconsfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Cornell Steamboat Co. v. Jersey CityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1892
- Knight v. Davis Carriage Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1896
3Cited by5 opinions
- The Wc BlockCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- MV Bull CalfDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1946
- Adams v. CareyOregon Supreme Court · 1911
- Associates Discount Corp. v. Metropolitan Ice Co.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1948
- The W. C. BlockDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1933