Moses v. Hamburg-American Packet Co.

BEOWE, District Judge.

In the collision between the steamships Persia and Saginaw, for which both vessels were held to blame (84 Fed. 706), the libelant Jacob Moses, then four years and eight months old, and a steerage passenger with his mother on the Persia, suffered such injuries of the right hand that it was amputated just below the wrist. Libels were filed for damages in his own behalf and also by the father, Abraham Moses. By stipulation between the parties, it was agreed that the decision upon the trial of the principal cause between the Persia and the Saginaw, as respects the question…