The Lake Shore
District Court, N.D. Ohio
In Admiralty. Suit by the Tonopah Steamship Company, owner of the steamer Joseph G. Butler, Jr., against the steamship Lake Shore; Gilchrist Transportation Company, claimant.
1Opinion of the Court
DAY, District Judge.
[1] This libel alleges a cause of damage to the libelant’s steamer, Joseph G. Butler, Jr., by the steamer Lake Shore about 10 o’clock p. m. of the night of June 28, 1907, in the Vidal Shoal Cut Channel. The Vidal Shoal Channel is a channel cut through rocks, and in 1907, at the time of the accident, was approximately 2,300 feet long and about 250 feet wide. Its general direction is marked by the Canadian Canal Ranges, which mark the center of the cut. The northern side of the cut, at the upper or westerly end, is marked by a red float light, and three spar buoys are below,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The Elizabeth JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- The SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- The " Galatea."Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- The OhioCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
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