Munroe v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in admiralty by William Munroe, the Michigan Trust Company, trustee of the estate of Thomas Munroe, William Brinen, A. F. Temple, and W. J. Brinen, as owners of the steamer Markham, against the City of Chicago. Decree for respondent (186 Fed. 564), and libelants appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in admiralty by William Munroe, the Michigan Trust Company, trustee of the estate of Thomas Munroe, William Brinen, A. F. Temple, and W. J. Brinen, as owners of the steamer Markham, against the City of Chicago. Decree for respondent (186 Fed. 564), and libelants appeal. This appeal is from a decree in admiralty which dismisses the libel in personam filed by the appellants, as owners of the steamer George C. Markham, to recover for damages sustained by the steamer, through…
1Opinion of the CourtSeaman, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The appellants’ libel was dismissed upon final hearing, pursuant to the conclusion stated in the opinion'of the trial court, that “the accident in this case was due entirely to the fault of the master of the” steamer. All material facts — both in reference to the navigation of the steamer and of alleged negligence on the part of the city, whereon reversal is sought — are undisputed under the testimony, and we believe the rule of admiralty law which must he applied thereto leaves the inferences of ultimate fact free from difficulty. In Clement v.…
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- City of Chicago v. MullenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1902
- Central R. v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1893
- Manistee Lumber Co. v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1890
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