City of Macon
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. In Admiralty. Appeal from a decree of the District Court (ioo Fed. 139) in favor of John R. Crooks, libelant, for the sum of $37,-744.11, damages for collision, against the steamship City of Macon. From this decree the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah, owner and claimant of the City of Macon, duly appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
On the afternoon of the 24th day of April, 1899, the British steel steamship Teviotdale, loaded and on her way to the sea, grounded in the Savannah river opposite the lower end of Elba Island, and from 6 o’clock until the time of the collision she was lying at right angles to the channel, or nearly so. The deep channel at this point is‘about 500 feet wide. The Teviotdale is 350 feet in length and 43 feet beam. At the time in question she was drawing 24^ feet forward and 24 feet 6J/z inches aft. She was proceeding, until she took the ground, under her own steam and with the…
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