Wilson v. Charleston Pilots' Ass'n
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
In Admiralty. Libel by Samuel P. Wilson, master of tlie schooner Kate Y. Aitken, against the Charleston Pilots’ Association and others, for negligence resulting in the loss of the schooner while in the charge of one of respondents’ agents. Exceptions to the libel were overruled. 55 Fed. Bep. 1000.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONTON, District Judge.
This is a libel in personam against the members of the Charleston Phots’ Association (not incorporated) and the owners of the steam tug Belief. It was brought by the master of the schooner Kate V. Aitken, which grounded on the bar of Charleston, while leaving that port, in tow of the Belief; and in charge of S. G. Bringloe as pilot, and a member of and designated for that duty by the Charleston Pilots’ Association. She became a total loss. The case has taken a wide range. To understand it in all' of its aspects, the facts must be stated in detail.
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