Legal Opinion
Ralli Bros. v. Isthmian S. S. Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 2, 1940No. Nos. 2405, 2444PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
On March 22, 1940, a lighter belonging to the Baltimore Towage & Lighterage Company, capsized in the Baltimore Harbor, with a cargo of 168 bales of burlap. 161 bales of this burlap belonged to Ralli Brothers (of New York), Inc., and the remaining 7 bales were the property of Stein Hall & Co. Inc. The lighter was raised and a part of the burlap was salvaged. The damage to Ralli Brothers was $15,363.28, and to Stein Hall & Co., $202.75, based on the current market price for the burlap. To recover these damages the property owners filed this libel against the Isthmian…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Luckenbach v. W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Phœnix Insurance v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. SheaSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- The Ansaldo San Giorgio I v. Rheinstrom Brothers Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Reed v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
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- The Steel InventorDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1940