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O'Brien v. 1,614 Bags of Guano

District Court, D. Virginia

Decided June 8, 1882PublishedCited by 7 opinions

In Admiralty. Libel by Edward O’Brien against 1,614 bags of guano, for freight thereon.

1Opinion of the Court

Hughes, .J.

This is a libel on 1,614 bags, part of a cargo of 1,000 tons-, of guano and 287 tons of cotton ties, brought by the ship John Bryce from Liverpool to Norfolk. It was taken out on this residue of cargo while still on the ship, for the sum of $1,561.83, claimed to be due to the ship for freight on the said cargo. The libel is founded.- on a charter-party entered into in the city of Norfolk on the 22d of November, 1881, between Lamb & Co., agents of the ship John Bryce, and the' Seaboard Cotton Compress Company, of Norfolk, which stipulated for “a voyage from the port of Liverpool,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pollard v. VintonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Wright v. BlakesleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1880

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Howard v. 9,889 Bags of MaltDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1919
  2. Susquehanna S. S. Co. v. A. O. Anderson & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1925
  3. Hastorf v. Degnon-McLean Contracting Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1904
  4. A. O. Andersen & Co. v. Susquehanna S. S. Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1921
  5. American Foreign S. S. Corp. v. 9,000 Tons of Manganese OreDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1952

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