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THE COLUMBIA

25 F.2d 516 (1927)

THE COLUMBIA. Petition of UNION FERRY CO. OF NEW YORK & BROOKLYN.

District Court, E. D. New York.

June 6, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City, for petitioner.

William F. Purdy, of New York City, for claimant.

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

Both liability and the right to limit are questioned in the case at bar.

This is a suit in admiralty to recover damages for the death of John Moore, engineer on the ferryboat Columbia, owned and operated by the petitioner. The Columbia carried a crew of five men, consisting of the master, two deckhands, engineer, and fireman, and made frequent trips between New York and Brooklyn.

The method of lighting the boat, which had...

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