Quinette v. Bisso
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. This is an appeal from the decree of th.e District Court dismissing the libel exhibited by Malvina L. Quinette, a feme sole, against Joseph Bisso and Joseph A. Bisso, owners of the steam tug Leo (Joseph A. Bisso being master) for running down a skiff, in which libelant’s daughter Sophie L. Quinette and a negro oarsman were attempting to cross the Mississippi river, in consequence of…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. This is an appeal from the decree of th.e District Court dismissing the libel exhibited by Malvina L. Quinette, a feme sole, against Joseph Bisso and Joseph A. Bisso, owners of the steam tug Leo (Joseph A. Bisso being master) for running down a skiff, in which libelant’s daughter Sophie L. Quinette and a negro oarsman were attempting to cross the Mississippi river, in consequence of which Miss Quinette was drowned, on the morning of the 5th of November, 1900, at Nine-Mile Point, above New Orleans. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJones, District Judge
Witnesses, who, as far as we can judge from scanning their depositions, were of equal intelligence, equally disinterested, having equal opportunity and sense of hearing, and equally attentive, testified that fog signals were given, and that they were not given. There was other testimony, which, owing to the interest and evident bias of the witnesses, must be taken with much allowance. The most that car. be said of the testimony upon this point is that it leaves the truth of the issue in doubt. The burden of proof being upon the libeUnt, the fault of the Eeo in respect of fog signals is not…
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