Legal Opinion
The Westminster
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 23, 1900No. 32 of 1898PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit in rein to recover for damage to cargo in shipment.
1Opinion of the Court
McPHERñON, District Judge.
In March, 1898, the Philadelphia Transatlantic Line received at Dundee 18 bales of jute cloth consigned to John T. Bailey & Co., of Philadelphia, and 20 bales of burlaps consigned to the Farr & Bailey Company, of the same city. The goods were carried to London by the steamship Perth, and were forwarded from that city by the Westminster to the port of destination. Upon a nival of the vessel at Philadelphia early in April, after a stormy vco age, the'bales were found to have broken out of stowage, and to be torn, and otherwise injured, by reason of being tossed about…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bancroft—Whitney Co. v. Pacific Coast Steamship Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1894
- The St. HubertDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1900
- Angel v. Cunard Steamship Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1893
3Cited by3 opinions
- The St. HubertCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1901
- Pacific Coast Co. v. Yukon Independent Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1907
- The WestminsterDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1902