The Jason
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Cross-actions in admiralty between the Actieselskabet Jason, as owner of the steamship Jason, and John Arbuckle and others. From the decrees, both parties appeal.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Cross-actions in admiralty between the Actieselskabet Jason, as owner of the steamship Jason, and John Arbuckle and others. From the decrees, both parties appeal. These are cross-actions between the owner oí the Norwegian steamship Jason and tho firm of Arbuckle Bros., owners, and the Insurance Company of North America, insurers of part of the cargo of said vessel, to recover general average contributions. The owner of the vessel claims a balance of $5,060.24 and interest. Arbuckle Bros, and their…
1Opinion of the Court
EACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
Early in the afternoon of July 29, 1904, the Jason left Cienfuegos for New York laden with about 12,000 bags of sugar and some general cargo. Shortly before 4 a. m. of July 30th she stranded on Sambo Cambeso or Sambo Plead, a low lying rock about seven miles northwest of Dry Shingle Reef. Shortly after the stranding, a passing steamer took the first officer back to Cien-fuegos, whence her condition was cabled to New York. An agreement was there made between shipowner’s agent and the Merritt & Chapman Wrecking Company that one of their tugs then lying at Kingston,…
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