Union Steamboat Co. v. Chaffin's Adm'rs
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; Kenesaw M. Landis, Judge. Suit in admiralty by the Union Steamboat Company for limitation of liability. libelant appeals from decree allowing damage claims.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois; Kenesaw M. Landis, Judge. Suit in admiralty by the Union Steamboat Company for limitation of liability. libelant appeals from decree allowing damage claims. On July 11, 1890, the si earner Tioga, owned by appellant (herein termed libelant), was seriously damaged by an explosion of gas of some character while lying alongside libelant’s dock in the Chicago river, causing injury to certain of the defendants hereto, and the death of the decedents of the several administrator…
1Opinion of the CourtKohlsaat, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1} The defense of laches is not sustained by the evidence. The cause was at all times under the control of the libelant, and could have been expedited if desired by it.
There is nothing in this record to show that the court, by orders of May 26, 1893, and May 12, 1902, required the claims to be presented in this proceeding within three months from date of either of said orders. If any such were entered, they do not appear in the record.
Libelant delayed the filing of its petition to limit its liability to the value of the steamer for almost three years, and…
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