Legal Opinion
The Germanic
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 28, 1901PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit to recover for damage to cargo.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The above libels were filed by the underwriters and owners of cargo to recover for water damage done to the goods on board the steamship Germanic through two lurches to port while unloading, in consequence of which she took in water through *295an open coal port and. filled and sank at her pier in New York on February 13, 1899.
The Germanic is 455 feet long by 45 feet beam, about 34 feet depth of hold, and her gross tonnage is 5,060 tons. She arrived at her pier, 45 North river, at about noon of Saturday February 11, 36 hours late, with 172 passengers, the mails and about…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Putnam v. The ManitobaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1900
- Botany Worsted Mills v. KnottDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1896
- F. O. Matthiessen & Wiechers Sugar Refinery Co. v. The Ludvig HolbergDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1888
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- The PatriaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1902