The Hamilton
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mk. Justice Holmes
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a proceeding for the limitation of liability of the steamship Hamilton in. respect of a collision on the high seas with the steamship Saginaw, in which the Saginaw was sunk and her chief mate and some of’ her crew and passengers were drowned. It is found, and not disputed, that both vessels were to blame. Both vessels belonged to corporations of the State of -Delaware. A statute of that State, after enacting that actions for injuries to the person shall not abate by reason of the plaintiff’s death, provides that “whenever death…
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