THE SILVIA

No. 5.

171 U.S. 462 (1898)

THE SILVIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 17, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles C. Burlingham and Mr. Harrington Putnam for the Franklin Sugar Refining Company.

Mr. J. Parker Kirlin for the Silvia.


MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a libel in admiralty, filed June 14, 1894, in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, by the Franklin Sugar Refining Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, against the steamship Silvia, of Liverpool, owned by the Red Cross Line of Steamers, to recover damages for injuries to a cargo of sugar, owned by the libellant, which had...

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