The Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion. The German cargo owners and the German and Austrian passengers and members of the crew were entitled to just as much consideration as were the Guaranty Trust Company and National City Bank.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion. The German cargo owners and the German and Austrian passengers and members of the crew were entitled to just as much consideration as were the Guaranty Trust Company and National City Bank. The Teutonia, supra; The San Roman (1873), L. R., 5 P. C. 301. The uniform course adopted by all German shipowners in issuing warnings to their ships on July 30th and 31st, 1914, is in itself a clear indication that the interruption of the Cecilie’s voyage was fully justified. The order received by wireless…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This writ was granted to review two decrees that reversed decrees of the District Court dismissing libels against the Steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie. 238 Fed. Rep. 668. 228 Fed. Rep. 946, 965. The libels alleged breaches of contract by the steamship in turning back from her voyage from New York and failing to transport kegs of gold to their destinations, Plymouth and Cherbourg, on the eve of the outbreak of the present war. The question is whether the turning back was justified by the facts that we shall state.
The Kronprinzessin Cecilie was a German steamship owned by the claimant, a German…
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