Legal Opinion
Evansville & Bowling Green Packet Co. v. Chero Cola Bottling Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 12, 1926No. 127PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
Appellant owned a wharfboat in the Ohio River at Evansville, Indiana. . May 14, 1922, it sank, causing dam age to appellees’ merchandise thereon. Appellant filed a petition in admiralty for limitation of liability. Appellees answered; and,'after a trial at which much evidence as to the character of the structure was given, the District Court found that it was not a vessel within the meaning of the statutes sought to be invoked; held that the court was without jurisdiction, and dismissed the cause. The appeal is under § 238, Judicial Code, and the question of jurisdiction alone is certified.
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