The Lizzie Henderson

The .steam-ship Lizzie Henderson, while coming out of the harbor of Cedar Keys on the evening of September 5, 1880, struck the schooner Competitor, lying at anchor in the channel, and this is a libel to recover damages. One vessel was a steamer under *525way; the other, a sailing vessel at anchor. The collision is admitted and fully proven, and the steamer, prima facie, so in fault that the burden of proof is upon respondent to show fault in the schooner.

In defense, it is urged that the schooner was anchored in an improper place; that she had no lights up; that she exhibited no lighted torch upon…