Legal Opinion
Riley v. State Line Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 15, 1877No. 5449PublishedCited by 5 opinions
A PPEAL from the Sixth Bistrict Court, parish of Orleans. Saucier, J. O. Trial by jury.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Spencer, J.
Plaintiff brings this suit to recover $25,000 damages, caused by the death of John Moriarty, her husband; $10,000 of the sum claimed is damage done to the plaintiff and her children themselves; $15,000 for damage done to John Moriarty, the right to which was transmitted to them at his death.
The facts are that while the steamship “ Alabama,” of the defendants’1 line, was being loaded at New Orleans, in May, 1873, an iron wheel, over which worked the rope for raising and lowering freights into.the hold of the ship, and which was of course…
2Cited by5 opinions
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- McCall v. Pacific Mail Steamship Co.California Supreme Court · 1898
- Dinet v. Orleans Dredging Co., Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
- Kenny v. The DagoU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana · 1887
- E. C. Taylor Co. v. N. Y. & Cuba Mail SS. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1925