Cornell Steamboat Co. v. Fallon
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by Annie V. Fallon, as administratrix, etc., against the Cornell Steamboat Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
This is an action at law, in which the plaintiff, as administratrix, has recovered a judgment against the defendant under section 1902 of the Code of Civil Procedure of New York because the death of her husband was caused by the defendant’s neglect. The deceased was engineer of the tug Scott, and while acting in place of an absent fireman was drowned as the result of a collision between that tug and the tug Williams, also owned by the defendant. The testimony showing no act of God, sudden emergency, or anything to account for the collision other than the negligent…
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