Legal Opinion
Sorenson & Co. v. Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Nav. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 8, 1930PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAFFEY, District Judge.
Though there be no statute, and there were no rule on which to base it, as there is none which restrains it, the power of the court, without the consent of or over the opposition of a party, to send an issue or the issues of an admiralty ease to a commissioner or master for hearing and report, seems to me clear. Its existence is declared in The City of Washington, 92 U. S. 31, at page 39, 23 L. Ed. 600. It was also definitely announced as long ago as 1859 by the Circuit Court for this district in Shaw v. Collyer, 21 Fed. Cas. No. 12,718, at page 1190. See, also, The…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Susquehanna S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- United States Willow Furniture Co. v. La Compagnie Générale TransatlantiqueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
- The 'Coty of Washington.'Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- The BronxCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
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3Cited by2 opinions
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