THE HAMILTON

No. 71.

207 U.S. 398 (1907)

THE HAMILTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 23, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harrington Putnam, with whom Mr. Henry E. Mattison was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. J. Parker Kirlin and Mr. George Whitefield Betts, with whom Mr. John M. Woolsey and Mr. Howard M. Long were on the brief, for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a proceeding for the limitation of liability of the steamship Hamilton in respect of a collision on the high seas with the steamship Saginaw, in which the Saginaw was sunk and her chief mate and some of her crew and passengers were drowned. It is found, and not disputed, that both vessels were to blame. Both vessels belonged to corporations of the State of Delaware...

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