Alaska S. S. Co. v. Inland Navigation Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern- Division of the Western District of Washington; Clinton W. Howard, Judge. Suit in admiralty for collision by the Inland Navigation Company, as owner of the steamship Telegraph, against the steamship Alameda; the Alaska Steamship Company, claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern- Division of the Western District of Washington; Clinton W. Howard, Judge. Suit in admiralty for collision by the Inland Navigation Company, as owner of the steamship Telegraph, against the steamship Alameda; the Alaska Steamship Company, claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals. It is alleged in the libel filed by the Inland Navigation Company that on the night of April 25, 1912, while its steamship, the Telegraph, was lying at her berth in good safety on the north side of the Colman Dock in the city of Seattle,…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Neither the pleadings nor the evidence in this case raise any issue with respect to the liability of the appellant for the damages suffered by the appellee through the loss of its steamship, the Telegraph. It is admitted by the appellant that the sinking of the Telegraph was caused by negligence and fault on the part of the Alameda, and it is also admitted by the appellant that by reason of such sinking the Telegraph became and was a total loss.
But the contention of the appellant is that the court below erred in finding and decreeing that the value of the…
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