Chase v. Hammond Lumber Co.

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Harry Chase, a Columbia river pilot, from a decree based upon a finding of his negligence in piloting the Hammond Lumber Company’s steam schooner Watsonville on the Columbia river in a turning maneuver from the main channel of the river into the chamlel leading to the Weyerhauser dock at Long-view, Wash. The lower court found that as the result of the pilot’s negligence the Watsonville came in contact with a flashing light known as “La Du Front Range Light,” which was supported by wooden dolphins in the river and stood to the height of some…