The Falcon
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Mary-laud, reversing a decree of the District Court for the said district, in which, on a iibel filed by the. owners of a small schooner, the Mary Banks, of one hundred and eigbty-six tous, against the steamer Falcon, for a total loss by collision, the District Court had condemned the steamer for the total loss asserted.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
stated the facts or evidence, and delivered the opinion of the court.
Ou the 21st of June, 1867, about half-past one o’clock, a.m., the schooner Mary Banks was proceeding up the Chesapeake Bay to Baltimore. The steamer Falcon, on her way to Charleston, came in view. The night was clear and bright, with moonlight and starlight. The waters of the bay were calm. The schooner was under way with a six-knot breeze. The steamer was making from eight to ten knots an hour. The captain of the steamer says: “ My steamer is one hundred and sixty-five feet long, or thereabouts. I had about three miles…
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