Owners of the Steamship "Mediana" v Owners, Company of the Lightship "Comet."
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Court | House of Lords |
| Judgment Date | 13 February 1900 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1900] UKHL J0213-2 |
| Date | 13 February 1900 |
Owners of the Steamship "Mediana"
and
Owners, &c. of the Lightship "Comet."
[1900] UKHL J0213-2
House of Lords
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After hearing Counsel yesterday upon the Petition and Appeal of the owners of the steamship "Mediana," praying, That the matter of the Order set forth in the Schedule thereto, namely, an Order of Her Majesty's Court of Appeal, of the 15th of February 1899, might be reviewed before Her Majesty the Queen, in Her Court of Parliament, and that the said Order might be reversed, varied, or altered, or...
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