Transportation Line v. Cooper
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. This suit was brought under the provisions of the statute.of New York, in the Supreme Court of that State, by Hobart Cooper, as administrator of his wife, to recover damages for her death, caused by a collision in the port of New York, between a schooner, which was in tow of the tug “ J. N. Parker,” and a canal-boat loaded with coal, whereof he was master, having on board his wife and children, and which with other boats…
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Error to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. This suit was brought under the provisions of the statute.of New York, in the Supreme Court of that State, by Hobart Cooper, as administrator of his wife, to recover damages for her death, caused by a collision in the port of New York, between a schooner, which was in tow of the tug “ J. N. Parker,” and a canal-boat loaded with coal, whereof he was master, having on board his wife and children, and which with other boats was in tow of the steam-tug “ U. S. Grant.” The Eastern Transportation Line owning one tug, and J. J. Austin the other,…
1Judgment of the CourtChief Justice Waite
The only Federal question presented in this case is one upon which we áre not inclined to hear an argument. A canal-boat laden with coal for transportation, having on board the wife and children of the captain, is not “ a barge carrying passengers,” within the meaning of sect. 4492, Rev. Stat., which requires such a barge, while in tow of a steamer, to be provided with “ fire-buckets, axes, life-preservers, and yawls.” The motion to dismiss is denied, but that to affirm is granted.
Judgment, affirmed.
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