O'Meara v. The Nevada
O'Meara v. The Nevada
Opinion of the Court
A collision between the Nevada and the Portia on January 31, 1898, resulted in an alleged injury to the libel-ant’s horse, carried on the Nevada. The libel was filed against the Nevada and Portia February 16, 1898. The claim of the Brooklyn & New York Ferry Company, as the owner of the Nevada, was filed February 23, 1898. No other proceedings relating to the collision are before the court, save the pending motion made by the claimant for an order to sell the Nevada before final decree. The libel-ant did not oppose the motion, and thereby consented thereto. Hence no person who has a property interest in the Nevada, or, so far as the records of the court show, who has taken proceedings
It is suggested that the Nevada would be sacrificed if sold at the present time. She should bring as large a sum upon a sale under the order directed to be made herein as under a usual marshal’s sale after the deterioration incident to her lying at the wharf during the time necessary to dispose of the litigation with reference to her. Nor would the sale of her be of advantage to her owner, should it institute proceedings to limit its liability. Her value for the purposes of that proceeding would not be established by her sale under the order here applied for, although such sale might be some evidence of her value.
It results from the foregoing suggestions that the motion of the claimant should'be granted, but the order of sale should provide for a daily publication of the notice of sale for 12 days previous to such sale, in a newspaper published in the .borough of Manhattan, and for a like publication in a newspaper published in the borough of Brooklyn, and for a personal service on all persons who have instituted, or within five days of the day of sale shall institute, proceedings in this court against the ship or her owner, on account of such collision, or any matter arising therefrom. The order of sale will be settled on one day’s notice.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- THE NEVADA. THE PORTIA. O'MEARA v. THE NEVADA and THE PORTIA
- Status
- Published