Chase v. American Steamboat Company
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Action of the case, brought under the provisions of sections 16 and 21 of chapter 176 of the Revised Statutes, by the plain-* tiff, as administrator of the estate of George Cook, late of Portsmouth, to recover $50,000 damages, for the benefit of the widow and children of his intestate, for causing the death of said intestate on the 29th of June, 1869, by a collision caused by the negligent and careless management of the defendants’ steamer Whatcheer, on the waters of…
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Action of the case, brought under the provisions of sections 16 and 21 of chapter 176 of the Revised Statutes, by the plain-* tiff, as administrator of the estate of George Cook, late of Portsmouth, to recover $50,000 damages, for the benefit of the widow and children of his intestate, for causing the death of said intestate on the 29th of June, 1869, by a collision caused by the negligent and careless management of the defendants’ steamer Whatcheer, on the waters of Narragansett Bay, the same being a public highway. The case was first tried at the March Term, .1870, of the Supreme Court for…
1Opinion of the CourtBratton, C. J.
The declaratipn in this case in the first count alleges, that the defendants were common carriers of passengers between Providence and Newport over the waters of Narragansett Bay, a public highway, and having in their service as common carriers of passengers the steamboat Whatcheer, under the command of one Lloyd S. Sutton, as their servant and agent, and that George Cook, the plaintiff’s intestate, was, in the exercise of due care, carried over and upon the said bay and highway, and that by reason of the unfitness and carelessness of the said Sutton, and of the officers and crew of said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chase, Administrator v. the American Steamboat CompanySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1870
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