The Sunbeam
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Petition in admiralty by O’Brien Bros., a corporation, as owner of the scow Sunbeam, for limitation of liability. From the decree, libel-ant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Petition in admiralty by O’Brien Bros., a corporation, as owner of the scow Sunbeam, for limitation of liability. From the decree, libel-ant appeals. This a proceeding commenced by O’Brien Bros., a corporation, owner of the scow Sunbeam, to limit its liability for the alleged negligence of its agents and servants in causing the death of Emil H. Sfauolinger, an engineer, employed by the city of New York as inspector of the work in which the íhmbeam was being employed. On April 15, 1908, Staudinger was…
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
This case is sui generis in the informality of its presentation, but as neither party has insisted upon any technical objection we will consider the questions argued as properly before us for consideration.
[ 1 ] We think the owners of the Sunbeam could properly limit their liability under the statute, as amended by the act of 1886, which relates to all vessels by whatever name they may be known. It includes *470barges, canal boats, scows and lighters. The Sunbeam was a scow engaged in carrying stone about the harbor of New York and unloading its cargoes, and similar cargoes…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The W. G. MasonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
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