Boston & Hingham Steamboat Co. v. Munson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tobt for injuries received by the plaintiff’s steamer John Romer, in consequence of its running into a sunken scow 60 feet in length, belonging to the defendant. Trial in the Superior Court, before Rockwell, J., without a jury, who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows : The evidence of the collision, of the plaintiff’s ownership of the John Romer, of the defendant’s ownership of the scow, and of the amount of the loss, was undisputed.
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Tobt for injuries received by the plaintiff’s steamer John Romer, in consequence of its running into a sunken scow 60 feet in length, belonging to the defendant. Trial in the Superior Court, before Rockwell, J., without a jury, who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows : The evidence of the collision, of the plaintiff’s ownership of the John Romer, of the defendant’s ownership of the scow, and of the amount of the loss, was undisputed. The scow sunk at about eight o’clock in the morning of Wednesday, September 15,1871, and the John Romer ran into her the next Friday morning at…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
This is an action of tort to recover damages for an injury to the plaintiff’s steamer John Romer, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. The judge, before whom the case was tried, trial by jury having been waived, found as matters of fact, that the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care; that the defendant was negligent in the management of the scow which sunk, and upon which the steamer struck, “ in attempting to remove her from the mooring place,” and in allowing the scow, while the defendant was trying to raise it, to remain without any guard or signal to warn…
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