Legal Opinion

Jacobi v. The Eugene

District Court, D. Washington

Decided October 23, 1897PublishedCited by 12 opinions

In Admiralty. Libel in rem by Gaston Jacobi and Charles Buffi against the steamer Eugene, to recover passage money, and damages for breach of contract to carry the libelants, with their baggage, from Seattle, via St. Michaels, in Alaska, to Dawson City, in the Northwest Territory. Heard on exceptions to the libel.

1Opinion of the Court

HANFORD, District Judge.

Each of the libelants alleges that the Portland & Alaska Trading & Transportation Company, a corporation, being at the time owner of the steamship Eugene, entered into a contract to carry him, with his baggage, on board the steamer Bristol, from the city of Seattle, in the state of Washington, to St. Michaels, in Alaska, and thence on board the steamer Eugene to Dawson City, and thereupon issued two tickets, one being for passage from the city of Seattle to St. Michaels, for which he paid $100, and the other for passage from St. Michaels to Dawson City, for which he…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Vandewater v. MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1857
  2. The DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  3. Schooner Freeman, &C. v. BuckinghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
  4. The Lady FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  5. The Monte A.District Court, S.D. New York · 1882

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  3. The S. L. WatsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1902
  4. Grauman v. The HumboldtDistrict Court, D. Washington · 1898
  5. The Thomas P. SheldonDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1902

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