Ontario Car Ferry Co. v. Rice

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

On the night of September 7, 1934, the petitioner’s vessel, Ontario No. 1, was involved in an accident on Lake Ontario which resulted in personal injury to a number of passengers. Numerous actions were commenced against the petitioner in the state court. On October 19, 1934, the petitioner filed in the court below its petition for exoneration from liability or limitation of liability, and prayed that due appraisement be made of the petitioner’s interest in said vessel and her passage money for the voyage, that a stipulation with surety for the amount thereof be accepted,…