The J. C. Ames
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
In Admiralty. On libel filed by the owners of the schooner Charles E. Wyman for damages by collision. The collision occurred in the east draw of the railroad bridge which spans Sturgeon Bay at the city of Sturgeon Bay, about 1:30 a. m., on a clear night, with all lights displayed. The Wyman was a three-mast schooner, and approached the bridge from the south, with the wind fair on her port quarter, and all sails set, except square sail and lower topsail.
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In Admiralty. On libel filed by the owners of the schooner Charles E. Wyman for damages by collision. The collision occurred in the east draw of the railroad bridge which spans Sturgeon Bay at the city of Sturgeon Bay, about 1:30 a. m., on a clear night, with all lights displayed. The Wyman was a three-mast schooner, and approached the bridge from the south, with the wind fair on her port quarter, and all sails set, except square sail and lower topsail. The steamer, 176 feet in length, had in tow a car ferry, 309 feet long and 44 feet beam, carrying 26 loaded cars, and approached from the…
1Opinion of the CourtSeaman, District Judge
(after stating the facts). This libel is exceptional in collision cases for the absence of conflict in the testimony upon the substantial facts. No dispute arises that the course of the schooner was well directed for the east draw when observed from the steamer, nor that the steamer’s course was duly taken thereupon for the west draw; and the testimony of the master of the steamer is notably clear and convincing that the steamer and tow were properly navigated through a difficult passage in that view. When minor differences in the testimony are explained, I am satisfied that the only issue…
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