Legal Opinion
Petition of Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Nav. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 4, 1932No. 306PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The steamship Yestris sank on November 12, 1928, and carried down with it a number of passengers. Numerous actions at law and in admiralty were instituted to recover for loss of lives due to the disaster. After suits were started by these claimants, a limitation of liability proceeding was instituted by the owners of the steamship on November 22, 1929 (U. S. Code, title 46, §§ 183, 184 [46 USCA §§ 183, 184]), and at the time an ad interim stipulation for value, in the sum of $90,000 was filed (U. S. Code, title 46, § 185 [46 USCA § 185]). The order entered at that time…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Langnes v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883
- The 84-HCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- In Re MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Southern Pac. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- The Silver PalmCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- The Quarrington CourtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- United States v. Maryland Casualty Company, United States of America v. Hibernia National Bank in New OrleansCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- The MaineDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1939
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