North Pac. Coast R. Co. v. Hall
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. These appeals grew out of the same accident, and were argued and submitted together; the cause being a collision in the Bay of San Francisco between the ferry steamers Sausalito and San Rafael, by which the latter was sent to the bottom of the bay, where she has ever since remained a total wreck.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. These appeals grew out of the same accident, and were argued and submitted together; the cause being a collision in the Bay of San Francisco between the ferry steamers Sausalito and San Rafael, by which the latter was sent to the bottom of the bay, where she has ever since remained a total wreck. Both steamers were owned and operated at the time by the North Pacific Coast Railroad Company, in connection with its railroad, for the transportation of its passengers and freight between the city of San…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, Circuit Judge
It is well settled, said the Supreme Court in Irvine v. The Hesper, 122 U. S. 256, 266, 7 Sup. Ct. 1177, 30 L. Ed. 1175, “that an appeal in admiralty from the District Court to the Circuit Court vacates altogether the decree of the District Court, and that the case is tried de novo in the Circuit Court. Yeaton v. United States, 5 Cranch, 281, 3 L. Ed. 101; Anonymous, 1 Gall. 22, Fed. Cas. No. 444; The Roarer, 1 Blatchf. 1, Fed. Cas. No. 11,876; The Saratoga v. 438 Bales of Cotton, 1 Woods, 75, Fed. Cas. No. 12,356; The Lucille, 19 Wall. 73, 22 L. Ed. 64; The Charles Morgan, 115 U. S. 69, 75,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- The Moses TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Insurance Co. v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Fidelity Mutual Life Ass'n v. MettlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Shailer v. BumsteadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
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- United States v. the Australia StarCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
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