BURTON v. WEST JERSEY FERRY COMPANY


114 U.S. 474 (1885)

BURTON v. WEST JERSEY FERRY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 20, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jerome Carty [Mr. B. Frank Clapp and Mr. Mayer Sulzberger were with him] for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Richard C. Dale [Mr. Samuel Dickson was with him] for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error, who was plaintiff below, took passage at Camden, New Jersey, for Philadelphia, on a ferry-boat belonging to the defendant, a New Jersey corporation engaged in the business of transporting passengers, animals, and vehicles across the Delaware between those cities. On that trip the boat was unusually crowded with passengers. The river at the time was very full of ice, and it was difficult...

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