New York & Long Branch Steamboat Co. v. Johnson

Citations

• 195 F. 740
• 115 C.C.A. 540
• 1912 U.S. App. LEXIS 1428

Syllabus

<p>Admiralty (§ 20*)—Jurisdiction—Torts—Suit by Husband for Injury to Wife.</p> <p>A husband, whose wife has suffered an injury through a maritime tort, may maintain a suit in admiralty to recover the damages sustained by him by reason of such injury.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Admiralty, Cent. Dig. §§ 216, 225, 231; Dec. Dig. § 20.*</p> <p>Admiralty jurisdiction of torts, see note to Campbell v. H. Hackfeld & Co., 62 C. 0. A. 279.]</p>