Davenport v. Winnisimmet Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This case refers to the same collision between a scow and a ferryboat which was under consideration in Eastern Dredging Company v. Winnisimmet Company, 162 Fed. 800. Mary U. Davenport was a passenger on the ferryboat, and claimed to have been injured by the collision. Inasmuch as wc have held both vessels at fault, it appears, so far as we are concerned, that she was entitled to libel either the ferryboat, or pursue the owners of the scow. She brought suit against the Winnisimmet Company, the owner of the feriyboat, in the superior court of the state of Massachusetts,…
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- 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
- Steamship Co. v. MountSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- United States v. Cornell Steamboat Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
- In Re MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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