Legal Opinion
Great Lakes Transit Corp. v. Interstate S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1936No. 6911PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HICKS, Circuit Judge.
Interstate Steamship Company, owner of the steamer Willis L. King, brought suit against Great Lakes Transit Corporation, owner of the steamer George D. Dixon, for $46,864.35, damages for negligence leading to a collision between the two steamers in the St. Clair river.
The Transit Corporation denied that the Dixon was negligent and brought a counterclaim against the King and its owner for $120,000 on behalf of itself and as bailee of the damaged cargo. The Interstate Company then impleaded the Transit Corporation as the owner of the Dixon under the Fifty-Sixth Admiralty…
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