In re Norwich & N. Y. Transp. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Eastern district of New York.] This was a proceeding commenced in the district court, by the Norwich & New York Transportation Company, as petitioners, to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of congress, approved March 3, 1851 (9 Stat. 635), providing for the limitation of the liability of ship owners.
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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Eastern district of New York.] This was a proceeding commenced in the district court, by the Norwich & New York Transportation Company, as petitioners, to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of congress, approved March 3, 1851 (9 Stat. 635), providing for the limitation of the liability of ship owners. The decisions of the district court in the matter are The City of Norwich [Case No. 2,762] and In re Norwich & N. Y. Transp. Co. [Id. 10,360]. After those decisions, appeals were taken to this court by several parties.…
1Opinion of the Court
STRONG, Circuit Justice.
In Norwich & N. Y. Transp. Co. v. Wright, 13 Wall. [80 U. S.] 104, a case in which these petitioners, and some of the appellants, were parties, the act «s&eongress of March 3, 1S31 (9 Stat. 035), entitled “An act to limit the liability of ship owners, and for other purposes,” was under consideration. Some things were then determined which 1 am n'ot at liberty to disregard. Among them were the following: (3) The act adopts the rule of the general maritime law, as measuring the liability of ship owners for faults of the master, by which others are injured, and not the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Norwich Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
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