Home Insurance v. North Western Packet Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. Action at law upon a bill of lading. Tbe petition alleges that, on tbe 2d day of October, 1868, one W. N. Sturges delivered to defendant, a common carrier, a large amount of grain and other produce, to be transported from Keokuk to St. Louis, and delivered to certain consignees; that the produce was shipped upon a barge called the Frank Lewis, towed by a steamboat cabed the George D. Palmer; that, through want of care and dihgenee on the part…
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Appeal from Lee District Court. Action at law upon a bill of lading. Tbe petition alleges that, on tbe 2d day of October, 1868, one W. N. Sturges delivered to defendant, a common carrier, a large amount of grain and other produce, to be transported from Keokuk to St. Louis, and delivered to certain consignees; that the produce was shipped upon a barge called the Frank Lewis, towed by a steamboat cabed the George D. Palmer; that, through want of care and dihgenee on the part of defendant and its servants, the barge Prank Lewis was wrecked and sunk, and the produce so shipped therein was totaby…
1Opinion of the Court
Peck, J".
i. jubisdicmSaity'oases. I. The question of jurisdiction submitted to and decided by the district c'ourt, upon the motion of plaintiff to dismiss the action, first demands our attention. It is this: -Is this action, brought to recover upon a bill of lading for the loss of property caused by a vessel navigating the Mississippi river, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the district court of the United States? Without delaying to pass upon any objection as to the time or manner in which the question was presented to the court below, we will proceed at *236once to its consideration. The…
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