Legal Opinion
Mulvana v. The Anchoria
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 1, 1897No. 14PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from a decree of the district court for the Southern district of New York, which dismissed the libel of James Mulvana, for himself and as father of his infant, Patrick Mulvana. who were passengers on board the steamship Anchoria, against the vessel, to recover damages for injuries to the son which were alleged to have been received in consequence of the negligence of the steerage steward of the vessel while on her voyage. 77 Fed. 994.
1Opinion of the Court
SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge.
The general account of the injury is stated by the district judge as follows:
“On the evening of September 22, 1894, about 8 o’clock, the libelant’s son, about ihree years of age, a passenger, with his father and mother, on board the steamer Anchoria, from Londonderry to this port, while sitting on the star*848board side of the starboard table in the steerage, near the forward end, at Ms evening meal, was scalded upon the face and neck by the splashing of hot gruel from the bucket in which the steward was supplying it to- the steerage passengers.”
The libelants’ witnesses say…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- New Jersey Steamboat Co. v. BrockettSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- The" City of Panama"Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
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