Legal Opinion
In Re Southern Steamship Company's Petition
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided September 22, 1955No. 1733PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODNEY, District Judge.
The present questions grow out of proceedings in Admiralty. The steamship Southern Districts on December 2, 1954 left Freeport, Louisiana, bound for Bucksport, Maine, where she was due to arrive on December 10. The vessel never arrived and after elaborate search and investigation, no traces have been found. Subsequently, limitation of liability proceedings were filed by the owner under 46 U.S.C.A. § 185 et seq., and questions arising from a motion to dismiss those proceedings were discussed in an opinion reported in D.C., 132 F.Supp. 316. Pursuant to the limitation of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. McGinnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Lindgren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Wells-Dickey Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by20 opinions
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