Legal Opinion
Ohio Transp. Co. v. Davidson S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 2, 1906No. Nos. 1,220, 1,232PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
About 9 o’clock in the night of November 20, 1903, the steamer Sacramento, bound from Erie to Milwaukee, and the steamer Gladstone, bound from Manitowoc to Buffalo, collided on Fake Erie, near the Detroit River Light. The Sacramento, practically uninjured, continued bn to Milwaukee. The Gladstone sank; and her cargo of about 132,000 bushels of barley and oats was abandoned to the underwriters.
On November 27, 1903, the Davidson Company, owner of the Sacramento, in the court below filed its petition to limit its liability to the value of the vessel and her pending freight,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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