Legal Opinion
American Mail Line, Ltd. v. Skagit River Navigation & Trading Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1937No. 8125PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by American Mail Line, Limited, claimant of the steamship President Madison, from interlocutory and final decrees in libels brought against the vessel and her owners by Skagit River Navigation & Trading Company and others, adjudging that respondent American Mail Line is liable to appellees for damage done when the President Madison broke from her moorings in Seattle during a windstorm of unprecedented violence and drifted against appellees’ vessels, causing the injuries for which relief is sought. The .appeal from the interlocutory decree takes issue…
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- Standard Oil Co. of NJ v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
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