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Bishop v. St. Joseph-Chicago S. S. Co.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 7, 1935No. 5257PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

FITZHENRY, Circuit Judge.

Appellee was the owner of the steamer Eastland, which capsized in the Chicago river at Chicago, July 24, 1915, and 835 passengers drowned. She had been chartered on that date to the Indiana Transportation Company, for the purpose of carrying employees of the Western Electric Company on their annual picnic to Michigan City, Ind. Appellee filed its petition praying for limitation of liability under sections 183-185 of 46 USCA, c. 8.

The administrator of the estate of one of the victims of the accident answered November 18, 1915, and filed interrogatories. In that answer…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Luckenbach v. W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
  2. Davis v. SchwartzSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. International Navigation Co. v. Farr & Bailey Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
  4. The WildcroftSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  5. The Malcolm Baxter, Jr.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. The EastlandCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1935

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