Legal Opinion
White v. Anchor Line
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 28, 1931No. 10745PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALSTON, District Judge.
The libelant in tbis ease sues on behalf of himself and his wife, for damage sustained to his and her baggage on the steamship Lancastria.
The voyage was from New York to Hamburg beginning on or about the 2d day of July, 1927. The testimony shows that water from an escaping water pipe in a nearby stateroom drained in part into the cabin occupied by Dr. and Mrs. White and damaged some of their personal apparel.
The claimant-respondent and the respondent argue that the damage resulted from the negligence of the libelant. There is absolutely no proof to that effect, and I…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Calderon v. Atlas Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Tewes v. North German Lloyd Steamship Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
- The PrussiaDistrict Court, D. Washington · 1900
- The CreticDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1914
3Cited by2 opinions
- The City of NorfolkDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1936
- Cohn v. United States Lines Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1949