The Percy Birdsall v. The Invertrossacks
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Admiralty. These were two libels in rem for collision, — one brought in behalf of the schooner Percy Birdsall against the ship Invertrossacks and the tug James McCaulley; and the other, in behalf of the owners of the Invertrossacks against the James Mc-Caulley. Decree in the former for libelants against both the ship and the tug; and in the latter, in favor of the ship, for half damages.
1Opinion of the Court
BUTLER, District Judge.
The schooner was at anchor on the night of January 10, 1892, in the river Delaware, well over to the western side, off Bombay hook, where the channel is a mile or more, in width. Her sails were taken in, and an anchor light properly set. The Invertrossacks, a very large and heavy iron ship, in tow of the McCaulley, at the end of a long hawser, was coming up on the western side of the channel. The tug passed the schooner a short distance off on the port side, while the ship came into collision with her bows (which pointed downwards) on the starboard side, inflicting…
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