The Verdi
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by Thomas Wilson Sons & Co. against the steamship Verdi. This suit was brought to recover damages for a collision off the quarantine anchorage, Staten Island, New York, on September 21,1915, between claimant’s steamship Verdi and libelant’s steamship Barrano. The vessels were each British-owned.
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In Admiralty. Suit by Thomas Wilson Sons & Co. against the steamship Verdi. This suit was brought to recover damages for a collision off the quarantine anchorage, Staten Island, New York, on September 21,1915, between claimant’s steamship Verdi and libelant’s steamship Barrano. The vessels were each British-owned. The temporary, repairs and expenses in New York were $1,509. The permanent repairs and expenses were incurred in England, and were paid for there on or about January 1, 1916, in British currency, amounting to £1,791.2.6. The demurrage in New York and England occasioned by the…
1Opinion of the CourtAugustus N. Hand, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The collision occurred and the libelant’s right of action accrued in New York Harbor within the jurisdiction of this court. Consequently damages for loss were payable here, though both parties were British subjects. The mode which the parties have in effect adopted of calculating the damages as equivalent to the actual cost of repairs aud incidental expenses, plus the amount which the ship would have earned when off time, is a mere method of arriving at the amount of damage suffered by the collision at New York, and then and there payable when ascertained.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The CabotDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1848
- Grant v. HealeyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1839
- Forbes v. MurrayDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1869
- Spreckels v. The WeatherbyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1891
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- Guinness v. MillerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1923
- Pape v. Home Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
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