Tropical Fruit S. S. Co. v. Towle
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Suit in admiralty by Frank Towle against the steamship Cartago; the Tropical Fruit Steamship Company, Limited, of Glasgow, Scotland, claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Suit in admiralty by Frank Towle against the steamship Cartago; the Tropical Fruit Steamship Company, Limited, of Glasgow, Scotland, claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals. Tlüs is a suit in admiralty against the steamship Cartago by Frank Towle, a seaman thereon, to recover the sum of $1,500 for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him through the negligence of the officers in charge of said vessel. The gist of the action is set forth in the following…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The evidence is taken as fully proving the facts alleged in the third paragraph of the libel, and yet we are constrained to deny the libelant relief.
The matters complained of arose on a vessel practically on the high seas, and thus within the admiralty jurisdiction, and the responsibility of the ship must be determined according to admiralty law and usages.
In The Osceola, 189 U. S. 158, 23 Sup. Ct. 483, 47 L. Ed. 760, the Supreme Court discussed at length the extent of recovery in admiralty allowed for an injury to seamen received on a vessel, and…
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- The City of AlexandriaU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1883
- Olson v. Oregon Coal & Navigation Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1900
- Crosby Transp. Co. v. SautterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1912
- The Santa ClaraDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1913
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