Wilmington Steamboat Co. v. Walker

Citations

• 120 F. 97
• 56 C.C.A. 49
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4468

Syllabus

<p>1. Cashiers — Action for Injury to Passengers — Questions for Jury.</p> <p>In an action for the personal injury of a passenger on defendant’s steamboat, due to a failure of a part of the boat’s machinery to operate, where it was shown that certain nuts were loose, and needed frequent attention, and the evidence as a whole presented a substantial question as to whether, if they had been properly examined before' the disaster, it might not have been avoided, the question of defendant’s negligence was properly submitted to the jury.</p>