Patton-Tully Transp. Co. v. Turner
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Western District of Tennessee; John E. McCall, Judge. _ _ Petition of the Patton-Tully Transportation Company for limitation •of liability. Petitioner appeals from a decree denying such limitation as to the claim of Robert Turner, administrator, and others, and Lizzie Clark, administratrix, and Edward Freeman, administrator, appeal from disallowances of their claims.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
The Patton-Tully Company was the owner of what was called a derrick boat, used in loading logs upon the *336deck of the barges by which the logs were transported on the Mississippi river to the company’s sawmill at Memphis. The derrick was operated by steam power. While the boat was in the state of Mississippi, the boiler exploded. The master and the fireman and four of the crew were killed, two were hurt (one of those hurt also losing some personal property), and the boat was sunk. It was raised and taken to Memphis, and the Patton-Tully Company filed in the court below,…
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