Legal Opinion
The Teddy Roosevelt
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided December 4, 1911No. 5,161PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit by Reander Rebeck, as owner of a scow, against the launch Teddy Roosevelt.
1Opinion of the Court
WORVERTON, District Judge.
This is a libel to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by a scow rigged as a pile driver. Ribelant charges that he made a contract with Capt. Sigurcl-sou, master and owner of the launch Teddy Roosevelt, to tow the scow, of which libelant was the owner, from Astoria to Skamokawa, for a consideration of $15. He testifies, in effect, concerning the contract, that he met Capt. Sigurdson on the 17th of October, in Astoria, and that some conversation arose in which Rebeck stated that > he wanted to get the Callendar Company to tow the scow to…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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