The George W. Fields
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. In the matter of the petition of the Cornell Steamboat Company, owner of the steam tug George W. Fields, for limitation of liability. On motion to dismiss.
1Opinion of the Court
LEARNED HAND, District Judge.
[1] It is now settled that a single claim will support a limitation proceeding. White v. Island Transportation Co., 233 U. S. 346, 34 Sup. Ct. 589, 58 L. Ed. 993. But it has been decided in the Ninth circuit that this single claim must be greater than the value of the vessel. Shipowners’ & Merchants’ Transportation Tugboat Co. v. Hammond Lumber Co., 218 Fed. 161, 134 C. C. A. 575. The last seems also to have been Judge Brown’s opinion. .The Garden City, 26 Fed. 766, 772. But in the same case Judge Brown held a petition valid, though the claims actually brought…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Richardson v. HarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- White v. Island Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
- The Garden CityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1886
- Shipowners' & Merchants' Tugboat Co. v. Hammond Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914
- The DefenderDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1912
3Cited by10 opinions
- Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. Robert Stewart & Sons, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- The AquitaniaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
- The AquitaniaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1926
- The VictoriaDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1924
- The ManduDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1937
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