The San Pedro
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ' FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The facts, which involve the construction of the statutes limiting liability of vessel owners and practice and procedure thereunder, are stated in the opinion. The cost of salving the San Pedro is a damage arising from the collision and hence should be litigated in the limitation proceeding. The Charles G. Lister, 174 Fed. Rep. 288; The Cepheus, 24 Fed.
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APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ' FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The facts, which involve the construction of the statutes limiting liability of vessel owners and practice and procedure thereunder, are stated in the opinion. The cost of salving the San Pedro is a damage arising from the collision and hence should be litigated in the limitation proceeding. The Charles G. Lister, 174 Fed. Rep. 288; The Cepheus, 24 Fed. Rep. 507; Marsden on Collisions, 6th ed., 110. The court is obliged to take cognizance of the salvage in the limitation proceedings for a variety of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
In an independent libel proceeding instituted in the District Court by the owner of the steamer George W. Elder, against the Metropolitan Lumber Company, the claimant of the steamer San Pedro, the libellant, recovered a decree for services rendered in towing her to port after she had been injured in a collision with the steamer Columbia off the coast of California. This decree was rendered at a timé when there was pending in the same court a separate proceeding for limitation of liability brought by the Metropolitan Lumber Company, as owner of the San*Pedro.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Richardson v. HarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
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- Pickle v. Char Lee Seafood, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- The Quarrington CourtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- Stark v. Texas Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
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