The Defender
District Court, E.D. New York
In Admiralty. Proceeding by the Lake Champlain Transportation Company, owner of the steam tug Defender, for limitation of liability. On motion to vacate injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATFIELD, District Judge.
The petitioner is attempting to take advantage of sections 4283, 4284, and 4285, R. S., as amended by Act March 3, 1851, c. 43, 9 Stat. 635 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 2943, 2944), and Act June 26, 1884, c. 121, § 18, 23 Stat. 57 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2945), by limiting its personal liability for maritime causes of action up to the 1st of July, 1910, to the value of its interest in the tug Defender, against which actions in rem might be brought, for a maritime accident upon that day.
It appears from the papers that on this day the Defender was towing a flotilla of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The Garden CityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1886
- The S. A. McCaulleyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1899
- In re New York Harbor Towboat Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1892
- The HoffmansDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1909
3Cited by6 opinions
- The AquitaniaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
- Shipowners' & Merchants' Tugboat Co. v. Hammond Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914
- The George W. FieldsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1915
- The VictoriaDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1924
- WellingtonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1916
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