Steamboat Co. v. Chase
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of Rhode Island. A statute of the State just named,* passed in October, 1853, and relating to common carriers by means of steamboats, enacts: ' “ Section 16. If the life of any person crossing upon a public highway with reasonable care, shall be lost by reason of the. negligence or carelessness of such common carriers, or by the unfitness or negligence or carelessness of their servants or agents, in this State, such common carriers shall be liable…
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Error to the Supreme Court of Rhode Island. A statute of the State just named,* passed in October, 1853, and relating to common carriers by means of steamboats, enacts: ' “ Section 16. If the life of any person crossing upon a public highway with reasonable care, shall be lost by reason of the. negligence or carelessness of such common carriers, or by the unfitness or negligence or carelessness of their servants or agents, in this State, such common carriers shall be liable to damages for the injury caused by the loss of life of such person, to be recovered by action on the caseyfor the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Remedies for marine torts, it is conceded, niáy be prosecuted in the admiralty courts, even though the wrongful act' was committed, on navigable waters within the body'of a county, as the exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction is conferred upon the District Courts by the ninth section of the Judiciary ',Act. Repeated attempts were made in our early j udicial history to induce the court to hold otherwise, but the court refused to adopt any other theory, and held that the entire admiralty power of the Constitution was lodged in the Federal…
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