O'Neil v. Memphis & W. R. Packet Co.’s Empirical Analysis
38 F. 358 · 1889
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
September 1903
most recently cited
1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on The Louisiana · Russell Sturgis v. Herman Boyer · The Clarita and the Clara · The Elizabeth Jones · The Quickstep
Most-quoted passages
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““If steam-boats coal themselves from flats in a crowded harbor, they must use all reasonable precaution against the breaking loose of the flats; and I do not think they can, under any circumstances, voluntarily cut them- loose to. save themselves, without undertaking to answer all damages that shall come by the act to others who are in no way connected with them, or interested in the danger they seek to avert.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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