Craig v. Continental Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. The court stated the case as follows: This is an action at law brought by Thomas Craig, administrator of the estate of John Carbry, deceased, against the Continental Insurance Company of New York, a New York insurance corporation, and three other insurance corporations, to recover, under a statute of Michigan, (2 Howell’s Annotated Statutes pf Michigan, §§ 8313, 8314,) $25,000, as damagfes…
Read the full summary
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. The court stated the case as follows: This is an action at law brought by Thomas Craig, administrator of the estate of John Carbry, deceased, against the Continental Insurance Company of New York, a New York insurance corporation, and three other insurance corporations, to recover, under a statute of Michigan, (2 Howell’s Annotated Statutes pf Michigan, §§ 8313, 8314,) $25,000, as damagfes for the death of Carbry, for the benefit of his mother and his. three minor sisters, as next of kin and distributees of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
The principal contention on the part of the plaintiff is that § 4283 of the Eevised Statutes does not apply to the case. That section is as follows : “ Sec. 4283: The liability of the owner of any vessel, for any embezzlement, loss or destruction, by any person, of any property, goods or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter or thing, lost [loss ?], damage or forfeiture, done, occasioned or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no pase exceed the amount or value of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The " Scotland"Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Butler v. Boston & Savannah Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
- MOORE v. American Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1861
- Hill Manufacturing Co. v. Providence & New York Steamship Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
3Cited by88 opinions
- Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Saskatchewan Government Insurance Office v. Spot Pack, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- McCullough v. New York & N. Steamboat Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1893
- Petitions of the Kinsman Transit Company, as Owner and Operator of the Steamer MacGilvray Shiras, and of Midland Steamship Line, Inc., as Owner and Operator of the Steamer Michael K. Tewksbury, Their Engines, Etc., for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability, City of Buffalo, Claimant-Respondent-Appellant, Kelley Island New York Corporation, Claimants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Earle & Stoddart, Inc. v. Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
83 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.