Gindele v. Corrigan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. The following statement by the Appellate Court is substantially accurate: This is a proceeding instituted by John Corrigan, appellee, against the steam canal boat “Nunnemaeher,” pursuant to chapter 12 of the Eevised Statutes of Illinois, commonly known as the “Water-craft act.”
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. The following statement by the Appellate Court is substantially accurate: This is a proceeding instituted by John Corrigan, appellee, against the steam canal boat “Nunnemaeher,” pursuant to chapter 12 of the Eevised Statutes of Illinois, commonly known as the “Water-craft act.” The cause of action alleged in the petition arose from a collision of the said steam canal boat “Nunnemaeher, ” of above fifty tons burden, owned by…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shope
This was a proceeding by attachment, under chapter 12 of the Revised Statutes of this State, by John Corrigan, against the steam canal boat “Nunnemaeher,” for an injury to the canal boat “Midnight, ” upon the waters of the Illinois and Michigan canal, through the alleged gross negligence of those in charge of the defendant boat.
It is first urged, that the circuit court of Will county had no jurisdiction of the subject matter. It is contended that the collision, if produced by negligence, as alleged, was a maritime tort, and therefore within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of…
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