The Beaconsfield
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This case, which is an outgrowth of that of The Britannia, 153 U. S. 130, arose upon a certificate of the Circuit Court of Appeals touching the liability of the Beaconsfield to respond for a moiety of the loss upon her cargo, by reason of her collision with the Britannia.
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This case, which is an outgrowth of that of The Britannia, 153 U. S. 130, arose upon a certificate of the Circuit Court of Appeals touching the liability of the Beaconsfield to respond for a moiety of the loss upon her cargo, by reason of her collision with the Britannia. The questions certified are based upon the finding of facts printed in the margin.1 Upon this state of facts, the Court of Appeals certified to this court, for its decision, the following questions: 1.. Whether, in entering said final decree, condemning…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Stripped of its complication of libels and cross libels, this case is by no means difficult to understand. The Beaconsfield having been sunk in a collision with the Britannia, her master and owner, as bailees of her cargo,- proceeded against the Britannia for damages done to such cargo. This they had a right to' do. It is perfectly well settled that the carrier is so far the representative of the owner that he may sue in his own name, either at common law or in admiralty,- for a trespass upon or injury to the property carried. If a cargo be damaged by collision between two vessels, the owner…
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- The "Atlas."Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
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