Legal Opinion
In re Shipowners' & Merchants' Tugboat Co.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 28, 1897PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, District Judge.
A petition for limitation of liability, under sections 4282-4285, Rev. St., was filed December 80, 1895, by the Shipowners’ & Merchants’ Tugboat Company, owner of the steam tugs Hercules and Sea Queen. The petition asked for a limitation of liability with respect to the Hercules. By an amended petition, filed January 10, 1896, the Sea Queen was also included. The petition and amended petition were filed, in view of certain claims for damages having been made against the tugs, aggregating about $20,-000, to limit the liability of the owner to the value of said tugs, if *219it…
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