THE STYRIA, SCOPINICH, CLAIMANT, v. MORGAN

Nos. 72, 73, 74, 75.

186 U.S. 1 (1902)

THE STYRIA, SCOPINICH, CLAIMANT, v. MORGAN. SAME v. PARSONS. SAME v. MALCOLMSON. SAME v. MUNROE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Parker Kirlin for petitioner. Mr. Charles R. Hickox was on his brief.

Mr. E.C. Burlingham for respondent in No. 72.

Mr. Luther G. Reed for respondent in No. 73.

Mr. E.B. Hill for respondent in No. 74. Mr. William J. Curtis was on his brief.

Mr. M.H. Regenburger for respondent in No. 75, submitted on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The master of a ship is the person who is entrusted with the care and management of it, and the great trust reposed in him by the owners, and the great authority which the law has vested in him, require on his part and for his own sake, no less than for the interest of his employers, the utmost fidelity and attention. Abbott on Shipping, 7th Am...

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