The Panoil, 266 U.S. 433 (1925)

Name: The Panoil, 266 U.S. 433 (1925) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

United States v. Steamship "Panoil"

No. 139

Argued December 10, 1924
Decided January 5, 1925
266 U.S. 433

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

Syllabus

The district court has not admiralty jurisdiction of a libel in rem against a vessel for damages caused by its colliding with a spur dike, a structure mainly of wood, driven into the bed and extending out from the bank of a navigable river, the purpose of which is to improve the channel in aid of navigation by producing shore deposits through a slackening of water flow. P. 434.

Appeal from a decree of the district court in admiralty which dismissed a libel for want of jurisdiction.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," The Panoil, 266 U.S. 433 (1925) in 266 U.S. 433 266 U.S. 434. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=746DL1FSWRA2B74.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." The Panoil, 266 U.S. 433 (1925), in 266 U.S. 433, page 266 U.S. 434. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=746DL1FSWRA2B74.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in The Panoil, 266 U.S. 433 (1925). cited in 1925, 266 U.S. 433, pp.266 U.S. 434. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=746DL1FSWRA2B74.

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