Lehigh Valley Coal Co. v. Ionia Transp. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. Suit in admiralty by the Ionia Transportation Company against the Lehigh Valley Coal Company. Decree for libelant, and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This was an appeal from a decree in admiralty awarding the appellee $1,900.16 damages. The libel was filed by the Ionia Transportation .Company, the owner of the steamer Ionia, against the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, consignor of a cargo of coal to recover demurrage for the detention of the vessel an unreasonable length of time for the discharge of its cargo.
The facts are these: On August 12, 1907, the Ionia left Buffalo car-*799Tying 2,3o7 tons of coal consigned by the appellant to M. Van Orden Company at the Port of Houghton, .Midi. On August 18th the vessel arrived in due…
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- Cross v. . BeardNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Empire Transp. Co. v. Philadelphia & R. Coal & Iron Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
- Baldwin v. Sullivan Timber Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Lindsay, Gracie & Co. v. CusimanoU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana · 1882
- Pioneer Fuel Co. v. McBrierCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
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