Legal Opinion
City of Cleveland v. McIver
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 16, 1940No. 8035PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The steamer Fleetwood, attempting to avoid collision with the Center Street Bridge over the Cuyahoga River at Cleveland, Ohio, when aware that its signal for the opening of the draw was being ignored, reversed its engines. The result was that her stern swung to port, collided with and damaged the fish tug Babe moored at a city dock. The owner of the tug filed a libel against the steamer and its owners implead-ed the City of Cleveland. The latter requested a jury which found the City to have been at fault, the steamer without fault, and assessed damages. The court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Clement v. Metropolitan West Side El. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1903
- Johnson v. Kosmos Portland Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1933
- Great Lakes Towing Co. v. Masaba S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1916
- Dorrington v. City of DetroitCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
- The William A. PaineCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Petterson Lighterage & T. Corp. v. New York Central R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Petitions of the Kinsman Transit Company, as Owner and Operator of the Steamer MacGilvray Shiras, and of Midland Steamship Line, Inc., as Owner and Operator of the Steamer Michael K. Tewksbury, Their Engines, Etc., for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability, City of Buffalo, Claimant-Respondent-Appellant, Kelley Island New York Corporation, Claimants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Empire Seafoods, Inc. v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- The ClevecoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1946
- Home Ins. Co. v. Ciconett. Ciconett v. Home Ins. CoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1950
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