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NEW ORLEANS-BELIZE SS. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 71.

239 U.S. 202 (1915)

36 S.Ct. 76

60 L.Ed. 227

NEW ORLEANS-BELIZE ROYAL MAIL AND CENTRAL AMERICAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 29, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.R. Serven for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson, with whom Mr. William Heitz was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a claim for injuries to the steamship Stillwater while under charter to the United States from May 16, 1898, to November 3, 1898, and for demurrage from November 2 to December 14, 1898, while the vessel was undergoing repairs. It was rejected by the Court of Claims on the authority of Plant Investment Co. v. United States, 45 C. Cls. 374.

The injuries were caused as follows: First...

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