The Ship Marcellus— Baxter, Camp, Libellant
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for .the district of Massachusetts. In admiralty. Hugh N. Camp, Edward W. Brunsen, and Charles Sherry, partners, doing business in New York city, under the firm of Camp,.Brunsen & Sherry, filed their libel in the District Court for Massachusetts, against the ship Marcellus, of Boston, her tackle, apparel and furniture, alleging that they were the owners of one hundred and seventy boxes and forty hogsheads of sugar, worl;h…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for .the district of Massachusetts. In admiralty. Hugh N. Camp, Edward W. Brunsen, and Charles Sherry, partners, doing business in New York city, under the firm of Camp,.Brunsen & Sherry, filed their libel in the District Court for Massachusetts, against the ship Marcellus, of Boston, her tackle, apparel and furniture, alleging that they were the owners of one hundred and seventy boxes and forty hogsheads of sugar, worl;h ten thousand dollars, laden oh board the schoouer Empire, ■ botind from Boston to Bristol, Rhode Island; that while the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice GRIER.. The .collision, which is the subject of inquiry in this suit, took place, in the narrows, inBoston -harbor, bétwee.n Lovell’s island and Gallup island.
The libellants are oivners of the schooner Empire, and the appellants of the ship Marcellus, The schooner was' going out, the ship coming into Boston harbor. They were sailing in opposite courses, through a channel of about three hundred and sixty feet.
The libellants charge in their libel, that the- collision was wholly attributable to the carelessness and' negligence of those in the ship. They.allege that the wind, just…
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