Legal Opinion
Langaas v. The Barkentine "James Tuft"
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided July 2, 1903Published
In Admiralty. Libel in rem for Damages for Personal Injuries.
1Opinion of the CourtEstes, J.
This is- a libel in ádmiralty in rem filed on be>lialf of a seaman on board tbe barken-tine “James Tuft”, for damages in the sum of ten thousand dollars for personal -injuries sustained on board said barkentine, through tbe alleged negligence of the master thereof. The complaint also asks for general relief. The facts appear to be these-: On tbe 16th *422clay of July, 1902, the libellant shipped on board the said barkemtine for a voyage front Newcastle in the Colony of Australia to Honolulu in the Territory of Hawaii, leaving Newcastle about the 19th day of July, of said year; said vessel was in…
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