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THE MORRIS

No. 44.

137 U.S. 1 (1890)

11 S.Ct. 29

34 L.Ed. 586

THE MAX MORRIS: Morris, Claimant.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 17, 1890.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wilhelmus Mynderse and Mr. William Allen Butler for Morris, claimant and appellant.

Mr. James A. Patrick for Curry, libellant and appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question discussed in the opinions of Judge Brown and Judge Wallace, and presented to us for decision, is whether the libellant was debarred from the recovery of any sum of money, by reason of the fact that his own negligence contributed to the accident, although there was negligence also in the officers of the vessel....

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