The North Star

HAZEL, District Judge.

This is a cause for collision in Little Rapids Cut, between the steamer North Star, belonging to the Northern Steamship Company, and the steamer Sir William Siemens, of the Bessemer Steamship Company, on the morning of November 28, 1899. On the trial there was much discussion by counsel in relation to the rules governing navigation at the point of collision and in St. Mary’s river. The briefs of counsel discuss the question exhaustively. An intelligent disposition of the points at issue requires its determination at the outset.

What are the rules to be invoked in this…