Batchelder v. Hecla Transportation Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Look-wood Hokoke, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court, at the October term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McSurely
delivered tlie opinion of the court.
This is a proceeding under the Watercraft Act of Illinois by the receiver of the Chicago Terminal Transfer Bailroad Company against the Steamer Eber Ward, of which the Hecla Transportation Company was the owner. A petition under the act was filed in the Circuit Court of Coot county, .and the steamer was attached but released upon the filing of a bond by the owner.
The case arises out of a collision occurring December 6, 1908, at about 7:20 o ’clock a. m., between the steamer Eber Ward, south-bound in tbe south branch of the Chicago river, and the lift bridge…
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