Legal Opinion
In Re East River Towing Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 8, 1924No. 81PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This case comes here upon a certificate from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The facts are few. On August 2, 1922, the Steamtug Edward, belonging to East River Towing Company, Inc., a New York Corporation, sank in New York harbor because of an explosion of her boiler. This caused the death of her captain, Thomas McCaffrey, and his administratrix brought a suit against the Company in the Supreme Court of New York. Thereupon the Company filed a petition for limitation of liability in the District Court of the United States. Rev. Stats., §§ 4283, et seq. Admiralty Rules…
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