Smith v. Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co.
District Court, N.D. California
These suits were couimenced as actions at law to recover damages for loss of life under the California statutes (Code Civ.
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These suits were couimenced as actions at law to recover damages for loss of life under the California statutes (Code Civ. Proc. §§ 376, 377). The first one was brought by Henry F. Smith and George C. Smith, infants, by Eliza A. Smith, their guardian, and Eliza A. Smith for herself, and as administratrix of the estate of Henry Smith, deceased, against the Occidental & Oriental Steamship Company and the Pacific Coast Steamship ‘Company, to recover for the death of the husband and father, Henry Smith. The second was by Eliza A. Smith, individually, against the same defendants, to recover for…
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, District Judge.
On the morning of August 22, 1888, between 9 and 10 o’clock, a collision took place in the entrance of the Bay of San Francisco between the steamships Oceanic and City of Chester. The latter vessel was sunk and became a total loss, and several passengers on board of her lost their lives. Among those were Henry Smith and his daughter, Myrta Smith. Two actions were instituted in this court against the Occidental & Oriental Steamship Company and the Pa,ciñe Coast Steamship Company, owners, pro hac vice, of the Oceanic and City of Chester, respectively, as codefendants, to…
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