Great Lakes Towing Co. v. Kelley Island Lime & Transport Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. In Admiralty. Suit by the Kelley 'island Lime & Transport Company against the Great Lakes Towing Company and the City of Cleveland. From the decree libelant and the Great Lakes Towing Company appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SEVERENS, Circuit Judge.
The Kelley Island Lime & Transport' Company, the owner of the steam barge Ohio, filed its libel in the court below charging the respondents, the Great Lakes Towing Company and the city of Cleveland, with having by negligence caused the Ohio to come into collision with a pier of a drawbridge over the Cuyahoga river, a navigable stream running through the city into Lake Erie: The river coming down and passing under the bridge (called in the record the “Middle Seneca Street Bridge”), and,going on 220 feet fur-! ther, makes a sharp turn to the ieft around a point called…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chicago City v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1863
- Cleveland v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Vessel Owners' Towing Co. v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1894
- Faust v. City of ClevelandCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1903
- Wilson v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1890
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