Taylor v. Crossley
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from tbe District Court of tlie United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. Tbis was a libel in rem by W. W. Crossley, master of the schooner Morgan, against the steam tug Hercules (George Taylor, her master, claimant), to recover damages resulting from a collision. The district court found both vessels in fault, and entered a decree for divided damages. 70 Fed. 334. The claimant has appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
BRAWLEY, District Judge.
The decree of the court below holding both vessels in fault for the collision in the libel mentioned, and there being no appeal in behalf of the schooner, our attention will be limited to the consideration of the fault imputed to the tug. The learned judge, in his opinion, holds that “the tug was in fault in failing to stand by the schooner after the collision, as well as in other particulars not material to the decision.” The Morgan was a three-masted schooner, loaded with coal, which sailed from Hampton Roads on March 24, 1893, bound for New Haven. The steam tug…
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