The Longfellow
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from tlie District Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio. In Admiralty. The steamboat Longfellow, while on a voyage from Cincinnati to New Orleans, came into collision with a stone pier of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad bridge -which crosses the Ohio river at Cincinnaii, and was instantly sunk.
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Appeal from tlie District Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio. In Admiralty. The steamboat Longfellow, while on a voyage from Cincinnati to New Orleans, came into collision with a stone pier of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad bridge -which crosses the Ohio river at Cincinnaii, and was instantly sunk. The boat and her cargo were almost a total loss, the appraised value of the wreck being only 8250. Several passengers, the chief clerk, and one or more of her crew lost their lives. The Longfellow was a first-class passenger steamboat plying on the…
1Opinion of the CourtBurton, Circuit Judge
The appellants are numerous. They may be divided into two classes: First, those who prefer claims for cargo lost; second, claims *363preferred by passengers for loss of baggage, or by the representatives of passengers who lost their lives. The limitation of liability afforded by section 4283 applies to the claims of both classes of appellants, subject to the modifications in favor of passengers made by sections 4487 and 4493 of the Revised Statutes. Butler v. Steamship Co., 130 U. S. 527, 9 Sup. Ct. 612, 32 L. Ed. 1017. The bearing and effect of these modifications will be considered hereafter.
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