Legal Opinion

The Bylands

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 3, 1916No. 2827PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia; Emory Speer, Judge. Suits in admiralty by Busch & Jolles, Incorporated, and other libelants, against the steamship Bylands (Joseph F. Wilson & Co., claimants) and others. From the decrees in the consolidated cause, claimants appeal.

1Per curiam

In' the months of July and August, 1914, the steamship Bylands, under charter from Jacksonville, Fla., to carry general cargo to Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremen, or Hamburg, one or two ports, proceeded to Jacksonville, where, under the directions of charterers, she loaded 1,575 tons of phosphate destined for Hamburg, and from there according to orders proceeded to Savannah, Ga., where she completed her cargo with naval stores, logs, etc., also destined to Hamburg, completing her loading August 6th. On August 14th, by reason of declaration of war between Great Britain and Germany, the master, under…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Hilton v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Masterson v. HerndonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  3. Feibelman v. PackardSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  4. Estis v. TrabueSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  5. Thomas Deye Owings and Others v. Andrew KincannonSupreme Court of the United States · 1833

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. The Mary B. CurtisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1918
  2. The LydiaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
  3. National Surety Co. v. Leflore CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1919
  4. Dixon v. HoweCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1918
  5. Elliot v. LombardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933

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