Legal Opinion
Gardner v. Ninety-Nine Gold Coins
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 21, 1899No. 970PublishedCited by 4 opinions
, In Admiralty. Suit to recover for salvage services and to determine rights in the fund remaining in court.
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
The libelants are the owners, master, and crew of the fishing schooner William H. Cross, which upon her voyage from Gloucester to the fishing grounds on August 17, 1898,. found floating in the water the body of a man who had been a passenger on the Bourgogne, sunk in a collision on July 4th. Upon the body of this man was found a wallet containing coins and bank notes •to the value of $1,050. The body was immediately buried by sinking in the usual manner, and the man’s name has not yet been discovered. The only question arising in this case concerns the amount of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Pinney v. McGregoryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- The GeorgianaDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1866
3Cited by4 opinions
- Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. The Unidentified Wrecked And Abandoned Sailing VesselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. Unidentified Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing VesselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Thompson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1926
- Broere v. Two Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Three DollarsDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1947