Legal Opinion

The Waalhaven

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided December 9, 1929No. 62PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The Waalhaven, a Dutch tramp, left Nordenham, Germany, on February 24, 1927, with a cargo of fertilizer, accepted from two German shippers, but all consigned to the lihelant. She had between 608 and 627 tons in her bunkers, and was bound to Wilmington, N. C., and Jacksonville, Fla., with liberty to stop at Norfolk, Ya., to coal. She experienced heavy weather and nearly continuous” head winds, and on March 14th found herself some 400 miles east of Cape Race with only 150 tons, and so her master advised her owners by wireless. The owners answered on the 15th, directing…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Steamship Willdomino v. Citro Chemical Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. The Malcolm Baxter, Jr.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
  3. The CaledonierCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1929

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Iligan Integrated Steel Mills, Inc. v. Ss John Weyerhaeuser, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., Defendants-Appellees-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
  2. General Electric Company International Sales Division v. S.S. Nancy Lykes, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc. And Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
  3. Ionion Steamship Company of Athens v. United Distillers of America, IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  4. The Jl LuckenbachCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
  5. Compañia General De Tabacos De Filipinas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931

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