Erie & Western Transp. Co. v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in admiralty by the Erie & Western Transportation Company against the City of Chicago and the Fitzsimons & Connell Company, and cross-libel by the city. From the decree libelant and the City of Chicago appeal.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in admiralty by the Erie & Western Transportation Company against the City of Chicago and the Fitzsimons & Connell Company, and cross-libel by the city. From the decree libelant and the City of Chicago appeal. Reversed on libelant’s appeal, and affirmed on respondents’. Both of these appeals are from a decree in admiralty, adjudging contributory fault and liability against each of the appellants, for damages resulting from a collision of the steamer Conestoga with a waterworks crib, off the port…
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, Circuit Judge.
The. final decree in admiralty from which the present appeals are brought, arose out of a collision of the steamer Conestoga with a waterworks crib, erected by the city of Chicago, in the navigable waters of Lake Michigan, northeasterly of the harbor entrance. The steamer, laden with a cargo of general merchandise and bound for Chicago, was approaching port, after mid*44night in a dense fog, when she struck the crib and received injuries which caused her to founder before reaching a dock. For recovery of damages to the cargo, the Erie & Western Transportation Company, owner…
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