Legal Opinion
The Choteau
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana
Decided June 15, 1881PublishedCited by 6 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the Court
Pardee, D. J.
In this case I have found no necessity to elaborately find and write out the facts. There is disagreement on only two points: (1) Whether the Choteau rang her bell rapidly for assistance. (2) Did the Protector get her line aboard the Choteau and throw any water on the fire and render assistance? Both of these I find against the libellants. The bell of the Choteau was rung three times for a landing, and was not rung for assistance. The fact is that the Protector’s captain, hearing of the fire, and hearing a bell rung, run his boat alongside the Choteau, and attempted to assist in…
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