THE TITANIC DISASTER.
THE OWNERS' LIABILITY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. EeceiTeil 20, 9.15 p.m. London, May 88. The Supreme Court held that the Titauia owners were liable only in accordance with American maritime law. This means that litigants will receive nothing, a* the law limits American companies' liability to salvage from the wreck and passenger and freight money collected from the passengers, amounting to 04,000 dollars. Mr. Justice McKenna dissented from the decision, holding that British law ought to apply in the case of British companies. Suite amounting to thirteen million dollars aiv> pending in the American courts.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 7, 27 May 1914, Page 5
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97THE TITANIC DISASTER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 7, 27 May 1914, Page 5
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