Legal Opinion
Briscoe v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 15, 1933No. 354PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The respondent’s steamer Coahoma County collided with and sank the tug Brittania on March 13, 1931. The colEsion occurred upon the Hudson river in the territorial waters of New York state. The libelant’s husband, who was employed on the tug as an oiler, was drowned as a result of the collision. The Ebelant brought suit against the respondent in the District Court, under section 130 of the New York Decedent Estate Law (Consol. Laws, c. 13), for negligently causing the death of the decedent. After a trial the District Judge found that the accident was due to the…
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- McIntyre v. . New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1867
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3Cited by22 opinions
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