Legal Opinion
Dwyer v. National Steam-Ship Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York
Decided July 1, 1880PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Motion to set aside verdict, and for new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Benedict, D. J.
This is an action at law to recover of the owners of the steam-ship Canada for the death of one John Dwyer, who fell through the hatchway of that steamer on the twentieth of October, 1878, and was killed. At the trial the court directed a verdict for the defendant. A motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial has been made, and is now to be disposed of.
The facts appearing at the trial are as follows: The deceased, on the morning of October 30th, and while in the act of arranging the pipe of a grain elevator in the hatch, stepped upon a section of the grating of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Murray v. McLeanIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
3Cited by18 opinions
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- Bradshaw v. The Trawlers Carol AnnDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1956
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