Admiralty
The Hamilton Fish v. The Excelsior
38 F. 272·United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania·1888
Brief incoming
Hand-reviewed Bluebook brief (procedural posture, facts, issue, holding, reasoning, dissent) ships once the AI generation pipeline runs through this case. Join the waitlist to get notified when 1L briefs go live.
Opinion
The Hamilton Fish v. The Excelsior.
(District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.
November 9, 1888.)
In Admiralty. Libel for damages.
This libel by the ship Hamilton Fish against the bark Excelsior grew out of the same collision referred to in The. Excelsior v. The Bruce and The Hamilton Fish, ante, 271.
Henry. H. Edmunds, for libelant.
Chas. Gibbons, Jr., Curtis.Tilton, and John F. Lewis, for the Excelsior.
[MAJORITY — Butler, J.]
Butler, J.
What is said in the case of The Excelsior v. The Bruce and The Hamilton Fish, ante, 271, (just decided,) is referred to as expressing the judgment of the court in this ease. The libel must be dismissed, with costs.