THE ONTARIO NO. 1

No. 147.

80 F.2d 85 (1935)

THE ONTARIO NO. 1. ONTARIO CAR FERRY CO., Limited, v. RICE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 9, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley & Gidley, of Buffalo, N. Y. (Arthur E. Otten, of Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for appellants.

Mann, Strang, Bodine & Wright, of Rochester, N. Y. (A. V. Cherbonnier and Robert S. Erskine, both of New York City, and William C. Combs, of Rochester, N. Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


SWAN, Circuit Judge.

On the night of September 7, 1934, the petitioner's vessel, Ontario No. 1, was involved in an accident on Lake Ontario which resulted in personal injury to a number of passengers. Numerous actions were commenced against the petitioner in the state court. On October 19, 1934, the petitioner filed in the court below its petition for exoneration from liability or limitation of liability, and prayed that due appraisement be made of the petitioner...

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