Burton v. Greig
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the South" cm District of Alabama; Robert T. Erwin, Judge. Ribel in admiralty by Hilda Burton, widow of Abraham William Burton, individually and on behalf of her minor children, against Joachim Greig, as owner of the steamship Vildfugl. From a decree dismissing the libel (265 Fed. 418), libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
This was a libel in admiralty by the appellant, the widow of Abraham William Burton, suing in her own behalf and in behalf of her minor children, against the appellee, owner of the steamship Vildfugl, to recover damages resulting from the death of the deceased on September 18,, 1919, while employed as a fireman on said vessel, caused by the blowing out of a steam pipe connected with the engine boiler, while the vessel was in the Mississippi river at the port of New Orleans.
[1] The evidence was not such as to call for a finding that the shipowner was chargeable with any…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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