The Alola
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. Suits by I. W. Haywood, administrator of the estate of George W. Haywood, deceased, against H. C. Burdick, owner of the gasoline motorboat Alóla, and against said vessel. Decree for respondent in first suit, and for libelant in second suit.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, District Judge.
The collision in this case occurred in Norfolk harbor, on the 9th day of August, 1915, about 9 o’clock in the forenoon, between the gasoline motorboat Alóla, 45 feet 9 inches long *1007and 9 feet 8 inches beam, and a small rowboat; the motorboat running into and capsizing the rowboat, and libelant’s decedent was drowned.
The question presented on the testimony adduced before the court, and arguments of counsel thereon, is whether or not the owner of the motorboat is entitled to a limitation of liability under the act of Congress providing therefor in certain cases; the…
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