Legal Opinion
The Aquitania
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 21, 1926PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.
This is a motion made by the proctor for claimants to dismiss the petition for limitation of liability and vacate all proceedings therein. Actions containing claims aggregating $205,000 were brought in the state court against the Cunard Steamship Company, Limited, and had been set down for trial on the civil jury docket as preferred cases when the defendant filed a petition in this court to limit its liability. After setting up the foregoing claims, the petition of the Cunard Steamship Company, Limited, said:
“In addition to the above, which are all the claims…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- White v. Island Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
- The Garden CityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1886
- Shipowners' & Merchants' Tugboat Co. v. Hammond Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914
- The George W. FieldsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1915
- The VictoriaDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1924
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Petition of Moran Transp. Corp. Moran Transp. Corp. v. Mellino's Adm'x. The Moran No. 96Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Petition of Texas Co. The WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Petition of Trinidad Corporation, as Owner of the Tank Steamship Fort Mercer, for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability. Raymond S. Rodriquez, and Earl T. Smith, Claimants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Matter of the Petition of Lake Tankers Corporation for Exoneration From or Limitation of LiabilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- In re Trinidad Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
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