The Passaic
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York; Thomas I. Chatfield, Judge. Proceeding in admiralty by the Erie Railroad Company, as owner of the steam ferryboat Passaic, for limitation of liability. From the decree Frederick Zahn, administrator of the estate of one Wilson, deceased, claimant, appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
One Zahn, as administrator, brought suit against the Erie Railroad Company in the Supreme Court of the state of New York to recover damages for the death of his intestate, an oiler on its ferryboat Passaic, who was killed by the escape of steam from a fracture in the main steam pipe. The ferryboat was engaged in interstate commerce, plying between New York and New Jersey. The Erie Railroad Company filed a petition in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York to limit its liability, at the same time denying its negligence. Upon its…
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