Legal Opinion
Kutger v. United States
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided December 18, 1958No. 672PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARSWELL, Chief Judge.
Libellants, husband and wife, initiated action against respondents under the provisions of 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., and 46 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq., alleging that the wife suffered injuries while she was a passenger in a motor boat which collided with another boat under the ownership, custody, or control of respondents Smith and United States.
By separate answers these respondents respectively seek to invoke the protective provisions of 46 U.S.C.A. § 183 (a) limiting liability to the value of the offending vessel. To this libellants have excepted to both answers on the…
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