The Thorvald Halvorsen
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Consolidated salvage suits in admiralty by Henry Gillen’s Sons Literage, Inc., and others, against the steamship Thorvald Halvorsen and her cargo, claimed by K. Lied, and the lighters Liberty No. 26 and her cargo, the Dauntless and her cargo, claimed by the American Cotton Oil Company, and the Central Railroad of-New Jersey No. 206 and her cargo.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Consolidated salvage suits in admiralty by Henry Gillen’s Sons Literage, Inc., and others, against the steamship Thorvald Halvorsen and her cargo, claimed by K. Lied, and the lighters Liberty No. 26 and her cargo, the Dauntless and her cargo, claimed by the American Cotton Oil Company, and the Central Railroad of-New Jersey No. 206 and her cargo. Decree for libelants (The Hallfried, 278 Fed. 536), and claimants appeal. Appeal by the claimants of the steamship Thorvald Halvorsen and cargo and the cargoes…
1Opinion of the CourtMayer, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). These ten causes all grew out of the same fire as is described in The West Mount (C. C. A.) 277 Fed. 168. In view of the decision in that case our task is largely confined to one of comparison. The following rough diagram, not drawn to scale, pictures the general location, particularly of the Hallfried, the West Mount, and the Halvorsen:
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The fire started about 12:50 p. m. on April 19, 1920, in the forward hold of the Hallfried. The Halvorsen, it will be noted, was lying bow in, middle berth, on the south side of Pier 5. Two lighters, Central R. R. of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Oelwerke Teutonia v. ErlangerSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- The Niels NielsenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
- The West MountCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
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- Curtis Bay Towing Co. v. Grace S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1924
- Petition of Esso Shipping Co.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1954