The George W. Roby
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeals from the. District Court of the United States for the. Eastern District of Michigan. The lake steamers George W. Koby and Florida came into collision on Lake Huron on the morning of May 20, 1807, by which the Florida was almost instantly sunk, and became a total loss, together with her cargo.
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Appeals from the. District Court of the United States for the. Eastern District of Michigan. The lake steamers George W. Koby and Florida came into collision on Lake Huron on the morning of May 20, 1807, by which the Florida was almost instantly sunk, and became a total loss, together with her cargo. Two libels were filed against (he Itoby, one by the owners of the steamer Florida, and the other by the British & Foreign Marine Insurance Company, as underwriters upon nearly all of the Florida’s cargo. Subsequently, the Lakeland Transportation Company, the corporate owner of the Koby, filed a…
1Opinion of the CourtLurton, Circuit Judge
Upon an attentive examination of the whole of the evidence,— evidence which presents something more even than the usual conflict found in all such cases,—we have reached the conclusion that the court below did not err in finding both vessels at fault.
i. The Blorida was clearly at fault in respect to her speed. Ride 15 of the “Act to regulate navigation on the Great Bakes and their connecting and tributary waters’’ (28 Stat. p. 645) is as follows:
“Every vessel shall, in thick weather, by reason of Cog, mist, falling snow, heavy rainstorms, or other causes, go at moderate speed. A steam vessel…
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