SPENCER KELLOGG CO. v. HICKS

No. 430.

285 U.S. 502 (1932)

SPENCER KELLOGG & SONS, INC. v. HICKS, ADMINISTRATRIX, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 11, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D. Roger Englar, with whom Messrs. Chauncey I. Clark, Leonard J. Matteson, and George S. Brengle were on the brief, for Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc.

Miss Elizabeth Robinson, with whom Messrs. Lucien V. Axtell and Vernon S. Jones were on the brief, for Alexander et al.

Mr. Lester Hand Jayne for Roberts et al.

Messrs. Samuel B. Seidel and Sidney Newborg filed a brief for Ifill et al.

Messrs. Walter R. Kuhn and George W. Riley filed a brief for Hicks.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cross-writs were granted in a proceeding for limitation of liability under Sec. 3, Act of March 3, 1851, c. 43,1 initiated by Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc., owner of the motor launch "Linseed King," which sank on December 20, 1926, causing personal injuries and loss of life.

Kellogg & Sons is a New York corporation engaged...

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