Wilmington Ry. Bridge Co. v. Franco-Ottoman Shipping Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Wilmington; Henry G. Connor, Judge. Petition by the Franco-Ottoman Shipping Company, Limited, as owner of the steamship Cromwell, and others, against the Wilmington Railway Bridge Company and others, to limit liability for injuries to the bridge, caused by collision of the vessel with the bridge. Decree for petitioners (247 Fed. 207), and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
In the port of Wilmington, N. C., the ' Cromwell, a British vessel, on her passage up the Cape Fear river to the dock where she was to unload her cargo of pyrites, struck and injured the railroad bridge. Separate actions for damages were brought in the state court by the appellants, owners of the bridge, and attachments were issued. Thereafter the issue of negligence and the liability of the ship was transferred to the District Court of the United States under a petition for the limitation of liability. Richardson v. Harmon, 222 U. S. 96, 32 Sup. Ct. 27, 56 L. Ed. 110.…
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