The " Potomac"
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
This is a libel in admiralty for collision, filed by the owner of the steamboat “ Robert E. Lee ” against tbe steamboat “ Potomac.” In the District Court, and in the Circuit Court on appeal, both vessels were found to have been in fault, and therefore, according to the settled rule in admiralty, affirmed and established by this court in The Catherine (17 How. 170), the amount of the damages to each vessel, being $19,411.27 to the “ Robert E. Lee,” and 17,330.52 to the “ Potomac,” was equally divided between the two. The Circuit Court having found and stated the facts, and stated its…
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