U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin May 12, 1881 (First Presbyterian Society of Green Bay v. Goodrich Transportation Co.)

Dyer, D. J.

This is an action brought to recover damages for the loss of a church edifice and parsonage, belonging to the plaintiff society, by a fire alleged to have been negligently set by the defendant company’s steamer 'Oconto while she was navigating Fox river at Green Bay.