The C. H. Northam
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In Admiralty. Petition for limitation of liability by Thomas Butler and others, as owners of the steamer C. H. Northam. On exceptions to master’s report.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, District Judge.
I have held in an opinion in this case •dated March 30, 1909 (181 Fed. 983), that the Northam must be considered a vessel for the purposes of this petition; but on the facts found by the master it can hardly be said that the ordinary rule for ascertaining the market value of a vessel is possible of application in her case. Evidently in the ordinary market for vessels she had no value, for the reasons stated by the master, and, instead of directing the inquiry to the market value, it was necessary to resort to other methods of appraisal.
The master has taken the total…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The C. H. NorthamDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1909
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