Opinion

Bigley v. The Venture

  • 21 F. 880
Court
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Filed
Oct 15, 1884
Status
Published
Author
Acheson
On the bench
Acheson
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 6.2%

The opinion

Acheson, J.

The respondent claims a trial by jury under section 566 of the Revised Statutes. But the right to such trial in causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, by the express terms of that section, is -not general, but restricted to causes arising where the vessel is “at the time employed in the business of commerce and navigation between places in different states and territories upon the lakes and navigable waters connecting the lakes.”- Gillet v. Pierce, 1 Brown, Adm. 553 ; The Erie Belle, 20 Fed. Rep. 63. In this case, at the time the cause of action arose, the vessel was employed in navigating the rivers Monongahela and Ohio. Now it is very clear that these rivers come not within the terms “lakes and navigable waters connecting the lakes.” The Hine v. Trevor, 4 Wall. 555, 566 . Moreover, the vessel here was not employed in commerce and navigation between places in different states, but was plying altogether within the Western district of Pennsylvania. The request for a jury trial must be denied, and the rule to show cause made absolute.; . and it is so ordered.

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