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EVANSVILLE CO. v. CHERO COLA CO.

No. 127.

271 U.S. 19 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 379

70 L.Ed. 805

EVANSVILLE AND BOWLING GREEN PACKET COMPANY v. CHERO COLA BOTTLING COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 12, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Chauncey I. Clark, with whom Mr. Phelps F. Darby was on the brief, for appellant.

Messrs. James T. Cutler and Paul H. Schmidt, with whom Messrs. Joseph H. Iglehart and Isidor Kahn were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant owned a wharfboat in the Ohio River at Evansville, Indiana. May 14, 1922, it sank, causing damage to appellees' merchandise thereon. Appellant filed a petition in admiralty for limitation of liability. Appellees answered; and, after a trial at which much evidence as to the character of the structure was given, the District Court found that it was not a vessel...

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