Pendleton Bros. v. Morgan

WADDILL, Circuit Judge.

The litigation in this ease arose out of a collision between the schooner Brina P. Pendleton, owned by the appellant, and the barkentine City of Beaumont, of which the appellee, T. B. Morgan, was master. For convenience, the two vessels will be referred to by the names the Pendleton and the Beaumont.

The collision occurred on the morning of February 11, 1924, about 12:15 a. m., at a point approximately 25 miles southeast of the lightship off Charleston, S. C. The Pendleton, a four-masted schooner, was on a voyage from Jacksonville, Fla., to Portland, Me., laden with…