Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co. v. Lawton
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the District of Washington. This was a petition by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, as owner, and the Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway Company, as lessee, for limitation of liability in respect to the damages caused by the explosion of the boiler of the steamboat Annie Faxon.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the District of Washington. This was a petition by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, as owner, and the Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Railway Company, as lessee, for limitation of liability in respect to the damages caused by the explosion of the boiler of the steamboat Annie Faxon. The district court made a decree for limitation. 66 Fed. 575. Lewis T. Lawton and others, claimants, appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
On August 14, 1893, the boiler of the steamer Annie Faxon exploded, while she was navigating the Snake river, in the state of Washington. The appellees, as owner and lessee, respectively, were at the time operating the steamer, as common carriers of freight and passengers. The appellants were the passengers and employes of .the steamboat who were killed or injured by the explosion. On September 19, 1893, the appellees filed their petition in the court below for the purpose of obtaining a limitation of their liability under and by virtue of section 4283 of the Revised…
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