Legal Opinion
Charbonnier v. United States
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided July 12, 1929No. 824PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EENEST F. COCHEAN, District Judge.
These two suits arise out of a fire which happened on the Shipping Board steamer Pinellas at Charleston on the night of June 15, 1921, whereby her cargo of cotton was damaged by fire and by water used to extinguish the fire. The first suit is brought under the Suits in Admiralty Act (46 USCA §§ 741-752) by the owners of the cargo to recover from the United States the cargo damages. The second suit is a cross-libel brought by the United States against the cargo owners to recover salvage and general average contribution in respect to the sacrifices and expenses…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- The SouthwarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- The CaledoniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- St. Johns N. F. Shipping Corp. v. . S. A. Companhia Geral Commercial Do Rio De JaneiroSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- International Navigation Co. v. Farr & Bailey Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- The Carib PrinceSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Connell Bros. v. Sevenseas Trading & Steamship Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1953
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- The President WilsonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1933
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