Legal Opinion

Leathers v. Blessing

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 18, 1882No. 300PublishedCited by 106 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District, of Louisiana; ' ‘ The case is stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr.- Justice BlatCHEord

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by the respondents in a suit in admiralty in personam from 1the. decree therein. Leathers was the master of the steamboat ‘f Natchez,” and he and the other respondent were the owners of that vessel. The - suit was brought in the District Court to recover damages for personal injuriesfreceived by Blessing, the libellant, on board of that vessel, and' he had a decree in that co(irt -against the respondents in personam, and as. owners’of the yessel, and in solido, for $5,758.50, with five per cent interest from-judicial…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Waring v. ClarkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1847

3Cited by106 opinions

  1. Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Victory Carriers, Inc. v. LawSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. RohdeSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  5. Victory Carriers, Inc. v. LawSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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