Legal Opinion
Kulack v. the Pearl Jack
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided September 2, 1948No. 1628½, 1629, 1628PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STARR, District Judge.
In July, 1945, the Pearl Jack, a Chris-craft speed boat owned by respondent Frank A. Denison, was being operated upon the navigable waters of the Kalamazoo river and Lake Michigan as a duly licensed common carrier of passengers for hire. On July 30th of that year, at about 8:30 in the evening, this boat, then in charge of respondent John T. Barron, Jr., a licensed pilot, left the pavilion dock in the village of Saugatuck, with the three above-named libelants and others as passengers, for a pleasure ride on the river and lake. When the boat was a short distance from the…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Pennsylvania Co. v. RoySupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- The SouthwarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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- International Navigation Co. v. Farr & Bailey Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Petition of PorterDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1967
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