The Major Reybold

Citations

• 111 F. 414
• 1901 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81

Syllabus

<p>Collision—Liability of City—Relation of Master and Servant.</p> <p>A municipal corporation is liable in a court of admiralty for a collision caused by the negligence of its servants in charge of. a vessel of which it is owner, who were operating the same under the directions of the corporation; and it is immaterial whether the vessel was employed in a 'municipal service or under orders which were ultra vires, the relation of master and servant being sufficient to render the corporation responsible under the rule of respondeat superior.</p>