Chicago, D. & G. B. Transit Co. v. Moore
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Eastern District of Michigan; Arthur J. Tuttle, Judge. Libels by Charles T. Moore and others against the Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company, sole owner of the steamship South American. Erom decrees for libelants, respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Appellees, 11 in number, filed libels in rem for recovery of damages by reason of illnesses alleged to have *492been caused by tainted food and contaminated water asserted to have been served to libelants while passengers on the steamer South American on an excursion in July, 1915, from Detroit to Houghton, Mich., except that in Campbell’s libel injuries, to his daughter Elizabeth were alone involved, and that Ballard’s was filed solely on account of injuries to his daughter Dorothy. Each of the 11 passengers in question was ill on the boat, and each on returning home…
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