Legal Opinion
The Elizabeth
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided April 19, 1902PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, District Judge.
This libel was filed by the personal representative of George Chatman, deceased, to recover damages occasioned by the death of the said Chatman in a collision between the steam ferryboat Elizabeth and the sloop Martha Jane, upon which sloop' the deceased was a passenger. The collision occurred on the 29th of June, 1901, in the harbor of Norfolk. The ferryboat was en route from its slip in the town of Berkley to the city of Norfolk, and the sloop was proceeding down the Elizabeth river. As is usual in this class of cases, the vessels in collision respectively contend…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- The New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- The CarrollSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- The RichmondDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1902
- Wilder's S. S. Co. v. LowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1901
- The MargueriteDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1898
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3Cited by5 opinions
- The PocomokeDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1906
- The SaginawDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1905
- The DorchesterDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1908
- Donald v. GuyDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1905
- The ColumbiaDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1909