Bigley v. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: No. 90, to October and November Term 1875. This was an action on the case, brought to January Term 1873, of the court below, by D. B. Williams, against John Bigley and others, owners of the steamboat “ R. J. Grace.”
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: No. 90, to October and November Term 1875. This was an action on the case, brought to January Term 1873, of the court below, by D. B. Williams, against John Bigley and others, owners of the steamboat “ R. J. Grace.” The plaintiff was the owner of three barges laden with coal, lashed together and floating down the Ohio river on the night of October 30th 1872 ; the steamer “ R. J. Grace ” was ascending the river with a tow of several loaded flats; at a point about fourteen miles below Pittsburg a collision occurred between the two…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
This was an action on the case, brought by the plaintiff against the defendants, for damages resulting from the sinking of one of Shis barges, laden with coal, by a collision with their steamer, R. J. Grace, whilst navigating the Ohio river. It was alleged that this loss happened through the negligence of the defendants’ •employees who had charge of their boat. This was the issue; it was one of fact, and any evidence which tended to establish negli*115gence, on part of those navigating the steamer, or their incompetency in the discharge of the duties which devolved upon them, and which would…
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