The Potomac
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of New York, in a case of collision between the schooner Bedell and the steamer Potomac, in the Chesapeake Bay, resulting in the total loss of the schooner. The collision occurred on a starlight night in July. The schooner was heading about north, going up the bay, sailing,by the wind, closehnuled, with a fresh breeze, west-northwest.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of New York, in a case of collision between the schooner Bedell and the steamer Potomac, in the Chesapeake Bay, resulting in the total loss of the schooner. The collision occurred on a starlight night in July. The schooner was heading about north, going up the bay, sailing,by the wind, closehnuled, with a fresh breeze, west-northwest. "Whether or not she had a light on board was a matter about which the evidence was contradictory; the weight of it being to tho effect that she had not. The steamer, with a good lookout and a full number of seamen, was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Davis
It is a rare occurrence in the history of cases of this kind, where a sailing vessel and steamship approaching each other in opposite directions, or on intersecting lines, have come in contact, that the sailing vessel has been adjudged to be in fault. The law casting the greater responsibility on the steamer on account of her motive power, and the sailing vessel having an easy duty to perform, it has been generally found on investigation, that the collision was the result of a relaxation of vigilance on the part of the officers of the steamer. It has sometimes happened, however, that- the…
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