Oregon Imp. Co. v. Nelson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. This libel was filed on the 25th day of October, 1892, in the Western division of the district of Washington, by Jacob Nelson against the steamship Willamette, to recover damages for personal injuries received in a collision between that vessel and the steamship Premier. Process was issued, and the ship was seized by the marshal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington. This libel was filed on the 25th day of October, 1892, in the Western division of the district of Washington, by Jacob Nelson against the steamship Willamette, to recover damages for personal injuries received in a collision between that vessel and the steamship Premier. Process was issued, and the ship was seized by the marshal. On October 29th the Oregon Improvement Company appeared and claimed the ship, and she was released upon a bond in the sum of $100,000, with L. S. Hunt and…
1Opinion of the Court
McKENNA, Circuit Judge.
The record in this case consists of many hundred pages, but we have reviewed and considered it carefully, and, being satisfied with the conclusions of the learned judge of the district court as to the cause of collision and the culpability of the Willamette, adopt Ms statement. It is as follows:
“This Is a suit in rem by passengers who were injured and personal representatives 'and heirs of iaissengers who were killed by a collision between the passenger steamer Premier and the steam collier Willamette, on Admiralty Inlet, about midway between Alarrowstone Point and Bush…
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