Legal Opinion
Yaeger v. The Alten
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided December 3, 1958No. Civ. No. 9696PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
EAST, District Judge.
In this cause the libelant seeks to recover damages resulting from a collision at sea. On August 13, 1957, at or about 0415 Pacific Standard Time (PST), the fishing vessel Alten and the fishing vessel Breezy Bill collided on the Pacific Ocean somewhere between the 31 and 34 fathom curve some seven miles west of Waldport and the mouth of the Alsea River, Oregon.
The Breezy Bill, a wooden-hulled vessel of some ten tons, cleared Newport, Ore*618gon, harbor around 0005 PST on August 13, 1957, bound for the offshore fishing areas. Aboard was her master and owner, Fred Yeager, and…
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