The Kirnwood
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appéal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia,. at Norfolk;
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The District Judge, after a review of the evidence held (201 Fed. 428) that the master of the steamship Kirnwood was at fault *1021for the collision between the steamship and the barge Florida, which oceur- ■ red in Hampton Roads August 29, 1912, and resulted in the sinking and loss of the barge. There is no reason for serious difference of opinion as to the rules of law applicable to thé issues made by the evidence, and no good would result from a restatement of them. There is some evidence tending to show that the master of the tug Coastwise, having the barge Florida in tow,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The KirnwoodDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1912