Richardson v. Harmon
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES. POR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP OHIO. The facts, which involve the construction of the statutes limiting-liability of .vessel-owners, are stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES. POR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP OHIO. The facts, which involve the construction of the statutes limiting-liability of .vessel-owners, are stated in the opinion. The District Court of the United States has jurisdiction to entertain a libel or petition for limitation of liability of the owners of a vessel' against claims for non-maritime damages or any claim for any liability or debt, although not within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of such court. See act of March 3, 1851, c. 43, 9 Stat. 635, §§ 4282-87, Rev. Stat.; § 18 of act of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
The steam barge “Crete” while proceeding up the Maumee River from Lake Erie collided with the abutment of a railway draw-bridge, resulting in great damage to both barge and bridge. For the damage sustained by the bridge an action was brought against two of the owners of the barge in a common-law court of the State at Toledo, Ohio. Thereupon the owners of the barge, three in number, filed their petition and libel in.the District Court of the United States at Cleveland, Ohio, where two of them resided and where the “Crete” was lying, for a limitation of liability under §§ 4283-4285, Revised…
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- Providence & New York Steamship Co. v. Hill Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Butler v. Boston & Savannah Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Ex Parte Phenix Insurance CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- The TroySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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