Oregon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. This is an action in rem, brought in the District Court for the District of Washington by 300 libelants and 58 intervening libelants against the steamship Oregon, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received as passengers on said steamship on a voyage from the ports of Nome and Teller, in the District of Alaska, to the port of Seattle, in the state…
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. This is an action in rem, brought in the District Court for the District of Washington by 300 libelants and 58 intervening libelants against the steamship Oregon, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received as passengers on said steamship on a voyage from the ports of Nome and Teller, in the District of Alaska, to the port of Seattle, in the state of Washington. It is alleged in the libels that at all times therein mentioned the steamship Oregon was a carrier of…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, Circuit Judge
The first objection urged by the appellants is directed to the action of the court in making the order allowing the libelants to join in and together prosecute an action in rem against the vessel. The court recited in its order that it appeared from the libels that the claims of each of the libelants were similar in all respects, but the controlling fact was that it was a proceeding in rem. This action of the court is sanctioned by authority. In the case of The Prinz Georg (D. C.) 19 Fed. 653, numerous libelants were steerage passengers on the defendant’s vessel on a voyage from Palermo to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Stokes v. SaltonstallSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad v. DerbySupreme Court of the United States · 1853
- The CaledoniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- The Edwin I. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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- United States v. William Darryl BlakemoreCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Hodes v. S.N.C. Achille Lauro ed Altri-GestioneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Title Guaranty & Trust Co. v. Puget Sound Engine WorksCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
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