Madden v. Luckenbach S. S. Co.

CROWE, District Judge.

The Judge rendering the opinion in this case did so under the disadvantage of not having seen the witnesses nor heard them testify orally as the Judge who presided at the trial and saw the demonstration of ship locations presented by the witnesses for the parties resigned before rendering an opinion. It was therefore the duty of the succeeding Judge to review the case entirely from the record.

Finding of Fact

The S.S. Florence Luckenbach, a ship belonging to the Luckenbach Steamship Company, sailing in Panama Bay in the open sea collided with the Motor Vessel Lily, a…