Wiggins Ferry Co. v. Reddig
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. B. H. Caney, Judge, presiding. The appellee was the owner of a small flat-boat, and while it was floating down the Mississippi liiver it was struck by a steam ferry-boat belonging to the appellant, and the appellee, who was engaged in operating his flat-boat, was caught between the two boats and received serious injuries, and he brought this action in case in the St. Clair Circuit Court to recover damages therefor.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. B. H. Caney, Judge, presiding. The appellee was the owner of a small flat-boat, and while it was floating down the Mississippi liiver it was struck by a steam ferry-boat belonging to the appellant, and the appellee, who was engaged in operating his flat-boat, was caught between the two boats and received serious injuries, and he brought this action in case in the St. Clair Circuit Court to recover damages therefor. It appears that the collision occurred near the Missouri side of the river. Contributory negligence of the plaintiff was…
1Opinion of the CourtPillsbury, J.
The defendant below operates a steam ferry for the transportation of railroad cars across the Mississippi River between the City of St. Louis in Missouri and East St. Louis in Illinois. On the morning of the collision the appellee was floating down the river in his boat and passed by the stern of the Sackman, appellant’s boat, which was then in her slip on the Missouri shore, and when a short distance down the river the Sackman backed out of her slip, running down stream in order to go about for the Illinois shore, and in so doing ran into the boat of appellee and injured him. This action was…
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