Union Steamboat Co. v. Erie & W. Transp. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
This is an appeal from a decree of the district court for the Eastern district of Michigan, in admiralty, for about $70,000, against the steamer the City of New York, owned by the appellant and claimant, the Union Steamship Company, in favor of the Erie & Western Transportation Company, the libelant, and owner of the steamer Conemaugh, for damages sustained by the latter from a collision between the two steamers, which resulted in the sinking of the Conemaugh in the Detroit…
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This is an appeal from a decree of the district court for the Eastern district of Michigan, in admiralty, for about $70,000, against the steamer the City of New York, owned by the appellant and claimant, the Union Steamship Company, in favor of the Erie & Western Transportation Company, the libelant, and owner of the steamer Conemaugh, for damages sustained by the latter from a collision between the two steamers, which resulted in the sinking of the Conemaugh in the Detroit river. The collision occurred in the Detroit river, near the Canadian bank, at a point a little above, and nearly…
1Opinion of the CourtTaft, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). We must first decide what are the rules of navigation to which, the colliding vessels were obliged to conform. The collision, occurred in Canadian waters, and it is contended by counsel for the appellee that the Canadian statute of navigation must govern the court in the consideration of the conduct of the parties. It is settled by the decisions of this court in The North Star, 22 U. S. App. 242, 10 C. C. A. 262, and 62 Fed. 71, and The City of Mackinac, 43 U. S. App. 190, 20 C. C. A. 86, and 73 Fed. 883, that, in the absence of proof of the Canadian statute, the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Belden v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- The DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- The BritanniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Robinson v. Detroit & C. Steam Nav. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- Hamilton v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1891
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- Cambria S. S. Co. v. Pittsburgh S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
- The MaineDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1908
- The ConemaughDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1904