Cuddy v. Horn

The following statement of facts taken from the briefs of counsel for the defendants is sufficiently full and accurate for a definite understanding and discussion of the legal questions raised.

The action was commenced by the plaintiff as administrator of the estate of John Kelley, deceased, to recover damages on account of his death caused by a collision between the steamer “Garland,” of which the defendant Horn was owner, and the steam-yacht “Mamie,” owned by the other defendants, on the Detroit river, July22d, 1880. The deck-*600ration alleged in substance that the Garland was going down the…