Cavanagh v. Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Thomas Cavanagh as administrator, etc., of Jane Lingard Robinson, deceased, against the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company. Plaintiff appeals from an order requiring him to reply to certain paragraphs of the answer.
1Opinion of the CourtBartlett, J.
This is an action by the administrator of Jane Lingard Robinson, deceased, to recover damages from the defendant for having wrongfully caused the death of the plaintiff’s intestate in a collision on the Atlantic ocean between the steam-ships Britannic and Celtic on May 19, 1887. The complaint alleges that the death of the plaintiff’s intestate occurred within the territorial limits of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It further sets out a portion of the English statute known as “Lord Campbell’s Act,” corresponding closely with the provisions of our Code of Civil Procedure…
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