Henson v. Fidelity & Columbia Trust Co.

ANDREW M. J. COCHRAN, District Judge.

This is a proceeding in admiralty under section 183, 46 USCA (Rev. St. § 4283) for limitation of liability. It is before me on the petitioner’s exceptions to the special master’s report, to whom the issues therein were referred to hear the evidence and make findings, whose findings were adverse to him, and for final decree. The petitioner operates a ferry across the Green river in the highway between Owensboro and Henderson, which, at this point, divides the counties of Daviess and Henderson, the former being on the east and the latter on the west, known…