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Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clieeobd
Efforts, sometimes of a persistent character, are made in controversies of the kind, to establish a theory, which, if true, would show that the respective vessels of the parties never collided, even when it is admitted that the collision did occur at the time and place alleged in the libel, and. that the vessel of the complaining party became a total loss. Such efforts are useless, as it is hardly to be expected that the attention of the court, if accustomed to such investigations, can be diverted from the great inquiry in such a case, which of the parties, if either, is responsible for the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Shields v. BarrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Chamberlain v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
- Ayres v. CarverSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- The NavarroDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1845
3Cited by25 opinions
- Washington-Southern Navigation Co. v. Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Adler v. SeamanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1920
- Bowker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Patterson Oil Terminals, Inc. v. The Port Covington the Girard PointCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Andreasen v. Two Hundred & Ninety-Five Thousand Feet of LumberDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1894
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