Maxon v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
In Admiralty. Libel to recover for damages suffered by the tug S. S. Coe in the loss of her wheel while passing through the draw of the respondent’s bridge crossing the Menominee river at Milwaukee.
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, District Judge.
The tug lost her wheel in the north draw of the railway bridge while passing up for a tow, breaking her way through the ice, and recovery of damages is sought on the ground that the channel was obstructed and the injury caused by stone placed therein by the respondent during the construction of the bridge. The testimony is convincing that the wheel of the tug struck stone in the channel near the easterly clump of protection piles, and that such obstruction resulted from the operations of the respondent in the erection and adjustment of the bridge. It is undisputed that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Atlee v. Packet Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Missouri River Packet Co. v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri · 1880
- Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
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