Legal Opinion
The Mary
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided June 10, 1903No. 1,002PublishedCited by 9 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit in rem for damages for the destruction of a raft of logs.
1Opinion of the Court
TOULMIN, District Judge.
This is a suit by the owner of a raft of pine logs to recover damages for running over and breaking up a raft by the steamboat Mary in navigating the Mobile river. The facts, as shown by the evidence, are substantially as follows: In August, 1902, the libelant had a raft of logs being floated from McIntosh Bluff, 65 miles from the city of Mobile, to said city. When near the Louisville & Nashville Railroad drawbridge, over Mobile river, the raft became unmanageable by reason of a sudden adverse wind (as testified to by the men navigating the raft), got athwart the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mark v. . Hudson River Bridge Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- United States v. MarthinsonDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1893
- Reid Towns & Wrecking Co. v. The AthabascaDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1890
3Cited by9 opinions
- Donald E. Powers v. Bethlehem Steel Corporation v. McKie Lighter Co., Inc., Donald E. Powers v. McKie Lighter Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Moran Towing & Transportation Company, Incorporated, United States of America v. Bethlehem Steel CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- In Re the Libel of China Union Lines, Ltd.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1967
- United States v. Kennebec Log Driving CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- The JamaicaDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1926
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