The Republic
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Petition by the Myers Excursion & Navigation Company for limitation of liability in respect to their excursion barge, the Republic.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
The district court dismissed the petition of the appellant, the owner of the barge Republic, to limit its liability for the losses, damage, and injury which occurred upon the barge, upon the ground that the losses, etc., were occasioned by reason of the unseaworthy condition of the barge, of which the owner was chargeable with knowledge, and consequently did not occur “without the privity or knowledge” of the owner, within the meaning of the statute of the United States limiting the liability of shipowners. The appellant insists that the district court erred in its…
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