The State of Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. The Memphis & Cincinnati Packet Company, of Ohio, the owner of the steamboat State of Missouri, on the 11th day of October, 1895, filed its petition in the district court of the United States for the Southern district of Illinois to limit its liability under the act of congress.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. The Memphis & Cincinnati Packet Company, of Ohio, the owner of the steamboat State of Missouri, on the 11th day of October, 1895, filed its petition in the district court of the United States for the Southern district of Illinois to limit its liability under the act of congress. It charged: That the steamboat departed from the city of St. Louis on the 13th day of September, 1894., bound on a voyage to the city of New Orleans, with a large and valuable cargo of freight, and some passengers, and with a…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
The claimants were employed by the master to unload freight at Helena. Upon the completion of their services they were referred to the proper officer of the boat for payment. While upon that mission, the record discloses almost without disputation, the steamboat, with the knowledge and concurrence and by the authority of the master, was loosed from her moorings, and proceeded upon her voyage with these 40 colored men upon board. They were designedly abducted and purposely carried away, and thereafter compelled to involuntary service upon the steamer, because the vessel had become unable to…
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- Craker v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- Gabrielson v. WaydellU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1895
- Taylor v. BrighamU.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia · 1876
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