The Mary P. Riehl
District Court, D. Maryland
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by Ezequiel Echevarria, master of the steamship Begona II, against the tug Mary P. Riehl and car float I.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
The weather conditions in the harbor of Baltimore on the afternoon of the 16th of last August were those of a typical summer day. It was clear, there was scarcely any wind, and what there was came from the south. The witnesses differ as to whether it was a little to the east or a little to the west of the true meridian. At about 2 o’clock the tide was near the end of its ebb. On that morning the Spanish steamship Begona II had completed loading a cargo of 113,000 bushels of wheat and had been brought down by a tug to the anchorage grounds off the old Quarantine Station to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- North German Lloyd v. SouleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1896
- Britain S. S. Co. v. J. B. King Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904
3Cited by4 opinions
- Wood Towing Corp. v. Southern Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1930
- The Begona IIDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1919
- Northern Transportation Co. v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
- Pocahontas S. S. Co. v. The DetroiterDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1945