The Brand
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by H. L. Heyliger, master of the schooner E. Starr Jones, against the steamship Brand, with cross-suit by Edward Ballestad, master of the Brand, against the schooner.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
These cross-libels concern a cross-course collision between the steamship Brand and the schooner E. Starr Jones. While considerable testimony was taken, the case narrows to the question whether the schooner’s green light was screened by her sails, or could be seen from the Brand. If the green light was visible on the Brand, it was her duty as a steamer to yield to the schooner’s right of way. If, on the other hand, the schooner by her sails screened the light from the Brand, the schooner was at fault. The Brand is a steel steamship of 1,500 tons register, 208 feet in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brownell v. The GeneralDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1897
- Armstrong v. Barrow Steamship Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1896