Eastern S. S. Corp. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
i ^Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; James M. Morton, Judge, Petition to limit liability by the Great Uakes Dredge & Dock Company, to which the Eastern Steamship Corporation, as damage claimant, filed an answer. From a decree (250 Fed. 916), both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.
No. .1355 is an appeal- from a decree of the District Court for Massachusetts, dismissing the petition of the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, brought under sections 4283-4289 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. §§ 8021-8027), to have its liability to the Eastern Steamship Corporation for a collision between the corporation’s steamship, the Massachusetts, and the dredge company’s drillboat No. 4 determined, and, if liable, the damages limited.
Appeal No. 1354 arises out of the subject-matter of the appeal in No. 135.5 and involves certain questions that become material…
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