Legal Opinion
The Columbian
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 9, 1899No. 956PublishedCited by 4 opinions
This is a libel for collision by Horace M. Sargent and others against the steamship Columbian.
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
This is a libel for damage caused by a collision between the large ocean-going steamer Columbian and this schooner Doughty. The Columbian was bound from London to Boston. The schooner was on a voyage to tire banks for sword fish. Tin; collision occurred on the; La Have hanks, shortly before midnight, on August 30, 1898. There was a fog, which had set in about 11 o’clock. From the evidence, 1 find that the Columbian was headed W. by hi., and was proceeding at from nine to ten knots an hour, when she heard the fog horn of the Doughty about a point on her port how. The…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- The EleanoraU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1879
- The CambridgeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1871
- The Ada A. KennedyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1888
- Philadelphia & Reading R. Co. v. Warren Foundry & Machine Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1883
3Cited by4 opinions
- The ColumbianCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1900
- The YarmouthDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1900
- The ColumbiaDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1900
- The Frederick H.District Court, E.D. New York · 1933