Kelley Island Lime & Transport Co. v. City of Cleveland

TAYLER, District Judge.

About 3 o’clock on the afternoon of June 25, 1901, the steam scow Ohio, loaded with sand, was passing up the Cuyahoga river, and, in going through the starboard draw of the middle Seneca street bridge, in the city of Cleveland, came into collision with submerged timbers forming a part of the sheathing surrounding the central pier of the draw; and, after proceeding 200 or 300 feet, sank. Her owners filed this libel against the city of Cleveland, charging negligence in respect to the submerged timbers and the condition of the central pier of the bridge, and against the…