Norwich Co. v. Wright
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut; the cuse being this; On the 3d of March, 1851, Congress passed an act† as follows—the sections in brackets, i. e., the 2(1 and 5th sections, not being specially important in this e.ase, and inserted only to give a more full view of the act: “Seo. 1. No owner or owners of any ship or vessel shall be subject or liable to answer for or make good to any one or more person or persons, any loss or' damage which may happen…
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Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut; the cuse being this; On the 3d of March, 1851, Congress passed an act† as follows—the sections in brackets, i. e., the 2(1 and 5th sections, not being specially important in this e.ase, and inserted only to give a more full view of the act: “Seo. 1. No owner or owners of any ship or vessel shall be subject or liable to answer for or make good to any one or more person or persons, any loss or' damage which may happen to any goods or merchandise whatsoever, which shail be shipped, taken in, or put on board any such ship or vessel, by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
The appeal brings up all the questions in the cause. The first one is which vessel was in fault.. And on this point we are satisfied from an examination of the evidence in the case with the finding of the District and Circuit Courts as to the responsibility of the steamboat for the happening of the collision. There is very strong evidence to show that the schooner’s light ivas burning brightly, it being specially examined both before and after the collision; and that the vessel could be seen, and was seen, by another steamer a full mile off just before the collision happened. The Electra was…
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