Legal Opinion
The Jamaica
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided December 6, 1926PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
In this libel in rem it is alleged that the steamship Jamaica was at fault, resulting in damage to the steamer George King for loss of use. The specific act of negligence is that the Jamaica, while at her dock, was allowed to fill with water and sink, blocking the exit from the slip where the George King lay, thus preventing her from departing and engaging in her regular transportation; and that the Jamaica left her sea cock open causing water to flow into her hull; and, further, that thereafter there was unreasonable delay in raising her.
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