Dougan v. . Champlain Transportation Co.

The counsel for the defendant insists that the courts of this State have no jurisdiction of the cause of action relied upon by the plaintiff. That is, causing the death of the intestate by negligence, while a passenger on its boat, navigating the waters of Lake Champlain between Plattsburgh and Whitehall, receiving and landing passengers and freight at various intermediate ports in this and the State of Vermont, while within this State.

The ground upon which the want of jurisdiction is claimed is, that the injury is a maritime tort, and therefore the case comes within the admiralty…