Legal Opinion
Thomas Bell & Co. v. Stewart
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1929No. 5501PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a final decree of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida in admiralty. The libel was in rem against 6,576,000 pieces of spruce lath and against appellants, claimant of the property, and its surety. The libel- . ante’ claim was for demurrage for the detention of the steamship Hitherwood for 49 days at $225 a day. The decree was for libelant for the full amount.
On November 13, 1925, appellees, owners of the Hitherwood and the appellant-claimant entered into a charter party for the freighting of a cargo of lath…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The OlufU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana · 1883
- Lindsay, Gracie & Co. v. CusimanoU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana · 1882
- Cureton Lumber Co. v. Hammond Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1929
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- United States v. Atlantic Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Alcoa S. S. Co. v. Elmhurst Contracting Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1945
- United States v. Atlantic Refining Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1929