Haegi v. Providence & New York Steamship Co.

This action is brought against the owners of the steamboat Metis that, in August, 1872, was plying between the cities of blew York and Providence, Rhode Island, for personal injuries plaintiff claims he sustained from a collision occurring between the steamboat and a sailing vessel, in consequence of which the steamboat was sunk and the lives of the passengers imperiled; and he also makes a claim for Ms baggage then lost. The allegation is that such accident, loss and injury was occasioned through the gross negligence of the defendant’s officers and agents, *147and through the negligence of the…