Legal Opinion
The Oritani
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 11, 1929No. 111 of 1925PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.
On the night of April 21, 1925, at 11:45 o’clock, the steamship Oritani, leaving the harbor of Port Morant, Jamaica, with a cargo of bananas bound for Philadelphia, stranded upon a coral reef near the entrance of the harbor. She remained fast on the reef until 4:45 in the afternoon of the following day, at which time she was pulled off by a wrecking tug and then proceeded under -her own power to Kingston, where she was laid up several days for repairs made necessary by the stranding. In order to float her it had been necessary to jettison part of the cargo, and,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- The SilviaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- International Navigation Co. v. Farr & Bailey Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- The IrrawaddySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Charles Pfizer & Co. v. Convoy S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1924
- The Steel NavigatorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- The Monarch of NassauCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
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- The Temple BarDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1942
- Grace Line Inc. v. Grace Line Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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