Legal Opinion
The Fjell
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 19, 1919PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Admiralty. Libel by B. Johannesen, master of the steamship Fjell, against the steamship Livingstonia.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, District Judge.
The collision for which the libel in this case was filed occurred between the Norwegian steamship Fjell, 907 tons gross, 221 feet 6 inches long, 32 feet 2 inches beam, and the English steamship Livingstonia, 4,294 tons gross, 385 feet 5 inches long, 50 feet beam, about 11:56 p. m., on the 30th of June, 1918, on the Atlantic Ocean, off Currituck Sound, on the North Carolina coast; the Fjell being on a voyage from New York to Port Haiti, with a gen*479era! cargo, and the Eivingstonia en route from Matanzas to an English port, via Newport News, for bunker coal, with a cargo…
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- The Julia LuckenbachDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1914
- Indra Line, Ltd. v. Palmetto Phosphate Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1916
- The City of NorfolkDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1917
3Cited by3 opinions
- Polarus Steamship Co. v. The T/S SandefjordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Petition of United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1955
- Polarus Steamship Co., Inc., as Owner of the T/s Polarusoil, Libelant-Appellee v. The T/s Sandefjord, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., and Viriks Rederi A/s (Haldor Virik, Manager), Viriks Rederi A/s (Haldor Virik, Manager) as Owner of the T/s Sandefjord, Cross-Libelant-Appellant v. The T/s Polarusoil, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., and Polarus Steamship Co., Inc., Cross-Respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956