Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Kierejewski, 261 U.S. 479 (1923)

Name: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Kierejewski, 261 U.S. 479 (1923) - Syllabus
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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company v. Kierejewski

No. 633

Argued February 27, 1923
Decided April 9, 1923
261 U.S. 479

ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Syllabus

The district court has admiralty jurisdiction over a libel to recover damages, in accordance with a local death statute, for a death occurring on navigable waters while the decedent was there performing maritime service to a completed vessel afloat, and occasioned by a tort then and there committed. P. 480.

Affirmed.

Error to a judgment of the district court recovered by the defendant in error in her libel for damages for the death of her husband.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Kierejewski, 261 U.S. 479 (1923) in 261 U.S. 479 261 U.S. 480. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SDIISPFXK9USGZU.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Kierejewski, 261 U.S. 479 (1923), in 261 U.S. 479, page 261 U.S. 480. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SDIISPFXK9USGZU.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Kierejewski, 261 U.S. 479 (1923). cited in 1923, 261 U.S. 479, pp.261 U.S. 480. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SDIISPFXK9USGZU.

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