The Passaic
District Court, E.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit by the Krie Railroad Company, as owner of the steam ferryboat Passaic, for limitations of liability. On claim for damages for the death of an employé.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATFIELD, District Judge.
[1] This is a proceeding on the part of the owners of the ferryboat Passaic to limit their liability under section 4283, R. S. (U. S- Comp. St. 1901, p. 2943), for claims existing against the ferryboat prior to the 26th day of April, 1910, on which their petition was filed. ' A sale of the boat was had and the proceeds deposited. But one claimant has filed a claim. This claimant is the personal representative of one Wilson, who was almost instantly killed upon the morning of October 20, 1908, by the escape of steam into the fireroom of the Passaic, just after she had…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Butler v. Boston & Savannah Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
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