Legal Opinion
The Fort Morgan
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 22, 1921No. 711PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In Admiralty. Suit by the Baltimore & Jamaica Trading Company against the steamship Fort Morgan.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
[1] The Baltimore & Jamaica Trading Company, hereinafter called the “charterer,” has libeled the steamship Fort Morgan for the value of 1,500 bunches of jettisoned bananas, and for the damage done by decay to many thousands more, all of which it says was the proximate result of the stranding of the ship. There is no doubt that she went ashore, and as little that her doing so was due to gross negligence in her engine room. As,the fault was in her navigation or management, she sets up the Harter Act (Comp. St. §§ 8029-8035); hut, in order that she may have its protection,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The WildcroftSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Henry v. BowringCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1893
- The CraigallionDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1884
- The Georg DumoisDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1898
- The AskDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1907
3Cited by1 opinion
- Ft. Morgan S. S. Co. v. Baltimore & Jamaica Trading Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1922