Legal Opinion

The Gracie D. Chambers

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 22, 1918No. 223PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Dili el by the International Taper Company against the schooner Gracie D. Chambers, her tackle, etc., claimed by Florence G. Payne. From a decree for libelant, claimant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

WARD, Circuit Judge.

September 14, 1917, the schooner Gracie D. Chambers began to load a general cargo in the port of New York, to be delivered at Bordeaux. Between September 27 and 29 the libel-ant Paper Company shipped 120 tons of print paper. September 28, at 4:25 p. m., the Treasury Department at Washington telegraphed the collector at the port of New York to withhold clearance of all sailing vessels, any part of whose voyages would brihg them within *183the danger zone. There was no official publication of this embargo, but it was put into effect, beginning Septembej 29, by the refusal of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bulkley v. Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1860
  2. The TornadoSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  3. Scott v. Ira ChaffeeDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1880
  4. National Steam Nav. Co., Ltd., of Greece v. International Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
  5. Ocean S. S. Co. v. United States Steel Products Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917

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  5. Drew Ameroid International v. M/V Green StarDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1988

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